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“I think he enjoyed it too. He wasn’t even hungover either.”
“He stayed hydrated. He’s a smart guy.”
I smiled before telling him we’d be back soon, and then left to go home. When I shut the door, all of what I learned hit me again, as well as a renewed anger with Calvin for being such a piece of shit and manipulating Gram while she was sick.
I was shaken from mulling over my thoughts by a car pulling into the driveway. It wasn’t Levi, but it was someone I knew.
“S-Sally?” I asked as she climbed out. “Is that you?”
“Amy? Thank God I have the right address. I need to speak with you.”
“Why?”
“Because I think your husband is about to cheat on you.”
My jaw dropped. “What? No way.”
“I wouldn’t think he was the type but a woman came in today. A very beautiful woman. Nothing like you, of course, but she said she had to talk to him.”
“Did she say who she was?”
“It started with an A. Arie . . . Alex . . .”
“Ava?” I asked slowly.
“That’s it.”
“What did she look like?”
Sally described a woman who could be none other than my former friend. And it hit me thatthiswas Calvin’s move after that party. This was how he wanted to hurt me.
He wanted to send someone to try and take my husband from me.
“She said she needed to talk with Levi about something. He let her in his office when she mentioned your brother, but she came out and told me to leave because they would bebusy. All I could do was think of you. I had to warn you, so I found Levi’s address. Well, his new one that he just changed everything to.”
“That’s ... Levi wouldn’t cheat on me.”
“She seemed determined.”
A text came to my phone and I pulled it out.
Calvin
Party right now at my place to celebrate a very good Friday. I have a feeling your husband will be staying at work later than usual, Amy, so you don’t have plans.
“Fucker,” I muttered.
“He might still be there. You could find out for sure.”
I gritted my teeth, going over every option in my mind. It would be easy to run to Levi and let all of my insecurities fly. It would be easy to be angry at him for my brother’s manipulation, even though I didn’t know what he’d done.
But this wasLevi, the man who carried me to the car when I was sick, the man who’d grown so much even when we were only virtual friends.
“No, I know exactly where I need to be. This was planned, Sally. This is a power play.”
“It is?”
“Let’s just say my brother is very unhappy with my marriage. And he’s making it known by sending his girlfriend to try and seduce Levi.”