Gabe looked at me as if I were insane. It contradicted everything Bryce had told me even though I already knew that Bryce was describing himself the entire time now.
He was so good at manipulation.
“When we first got here I thought I’d be able to fix everything. That I’d be able to make sure that Bryce stayed away from you. I’ve done a pretty good job if I do say so myself, up until today. Why did you go over Gracie?”
“Because I fell for Bryce’s manipulation tactics. When you went to talk to his father, I went to the grocery store and he was there. He was so polite and nonchalant. And yes okay… I thought he might actually be a good person…”
I hated admitting this to Gabe. I knew it was going to make him feel bad.
“I wanna be mad but I’m not. This is what Bryce does. I haven’t been
