CHAPTER 34
TIA LOOKED AT me, wide-eyed in panic.
Luke must have gone over to Arabella’s and found Tia missing. s**t. My streak of bad luck was holding, and the cat was out of the bag. Our cover was blown. The beans were well and truly spilled.
“I’m just with some friends,” Tia told her brother. “Yes, I do have friends apart from Arabella. No, not the same ones I used to hang out with.” Tia screwed up her face. “No, I’m not taking bloody drugs.”
Tia held the phone away from her ear as Luke lost it and started yelling. Even over the music, I heard him tell her to watch her f*****g language, but I missed the next bit as he dropped the volume.
“No, I’m not with a guy.”
Except Tia, what with being sat on Ryan’s lap and all, sounded well and truly deceitful.
“It’s just friends, honestly.
