“What happened to you?” I asked.
“Um…I’m going to head in. It was nice seeing you again,” Mario said. He walked past Ian and entered the house.
“Who was that?” Ian asked.
“What happened to your face?”
“Oh…This was from the bungee jumping.”
“But you didn’t have that bruise when I saw you in the hospital.”
“I went jumping with Rica again…It was a stupid slip.”
“But…”
“Who was that?” he asked again.
“I don’t know,” I lied.
“How does he know your name?”
“I have no idea.”
“I’ll ask Gabby about him…”
I imagined how bad it would be if Ian found out at the party. I could see the two of them shouting at each other and the both of them getting hurt and humiliated. It was a lose-lose situation. I couldn’t hide it any longer. I had to tell him.
“Wait, Ian. Can you stay here for a sec?”
