Page 101 of Perfect Bragg

“Yes,” I lie.

She frowns at my knee bouncing under the table. “You can’t lie to us to get us off your back.”

“You have to mean it,” Eden adds.

“Fine.” I throw my hands in the air. “I agree to consider my thinking about love is irrational.”

“And you didn’t kill your family,” Soleil adds.

“They’re dead because of me.”

Soleil squeezes my hand. “They’re dead because a car crashed into yours.”

“But—”

“Just promise to consider what we’re saying.”

“You sound like Elder,” I grump.

“He loves you.”

“How can he love a murderer? Why isn’t he running as fast and as far away as me as he can? For that matter, why aren’t all of you running away?”

“I know!” Ashlyn raises her hand. “Because you’re not a murderer.”

I scowl at her.

“You’d be in prison otherwise,” Moon adds. “Trust me. Peace has threatened to throw me in jail tons. I know these things.”

Eden points at me. “She’s speechless. She knows we’re right.”

They are right,Rebel Harmony whispers.

I don’t think so.

At least think about it,she pushes.

Fine, I growl at her.

“If I agree to think about what you said, can I have my baby back?”

Moon slides the bottle of vodka across the table to me. “Nope. We’re drinking and eating and having a girls’ night out.”

“But—”

“Nope. I have a babysitter. You have a babysitter. We’re enjoying a night with our girlfriends without our children,” Ashlyn declares.

Moon stands. “I brought some food.”

I stop arguing. I can’t win anyway. Besides, it would be nice to spend an evening with my friends. Since Robin came into my life, I haven’t had much time for them.

And you should think about what they said,Rebel Harmony adds.

I ignore her and reach for the vodka.

Chapter 31

If I catch the lot of you peeking into windows again, I’m stealing your binoculars. ~ Text from Peace to the Gossip Gals

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