Page 49 of Liberty

“Yeah, yeah, you could catch me out.”

“So, why are you lying about Belle?” Fate asked him.

Silence.

Oh wow, I was curious about thistellthing too. Since I was now with Liberty, this information would be invaluable to the max. I would always know when or if he lied to me. I paused…What if he never did? He said he was in fact a bad lair earlier.

“Oh shit, you are sleeping with her?” Fate exclaimed in disbelief.

“Did I say that?” Liberty replied.

“Oh, wow! You did sleep with her. Was it…I mean, was she—”

“Stop!” Liberty told him.

“Man, it’s just us and I’m your brother, dude. I’m the one that pointed it out to you that you were falling for this girl, remember?”

I laid very still…falling for me?I looked up to see Liberty standing over me.

He reached down and plucked me up from the carpet.

I know my face was really pink by now as Liberty led me away from the bed.

“Oh…” Fate said as he stared at me.

“Yeah, oh.” Liberty shook his head. “I couldn’t let this go on any longer. Cuz man, I am so NOT telling you details like when we were sixteen.” He squeezed my hand. “Belle and I are together and I plan for it to stay that way. She doesn’t want others to know because of the wedding.”

“The wedding?” Fate looked confused.

“Yes,” I finally spoke up. “I want this time to be about them, not anyone else.”

“Oh, I get it.” Fate nodded his head at me. “You don’t wanna steal their thunder.”

I chuckled and looked over at Liberty. “See? He gets it.”

Liberty rolled his eyes. “I hate secrets and lies.”

“Too bad you weren’t like that when we were ten,” Fate said.

“Man, I have told you a dozen times that I was sorry for that.” Liberty shook his head. “It’s been like fifteen years for fuck’s sake. When are you gonna get over it?”

“Hey, I was fine until I ran into Betsy last year,” Fate grumbled. “She’s a Victoria's Secret model now. I bumped into her at a party and I even thought I had a chance with her until I saw her laughing at me all over again. I suppose she just couldn’t forget what you told her and it sorta killed the vibe ya know? Her thinking about how I was a bedwetter.”

I laughed.

“Don’t encourage the spaz, ok?” Liberty shook his head at me.

Fate gave me a wink. “He needs someone to keep him humble. I’m sure you already figured that out the minute he opened his mouth.”

I nodded. “Yep, I knew immediately.”

We both laughed at Liberty's expense of course.

Liberty grunted and crossed his arms over his chest.

“Ok, so I can help with the cover up,” Fate said as he ignored Liberty's attitude.

“How?” I asked.