CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE
MELINDA
My phone rang at eleven PM, two days before the reunion. I'd been lying awake staring at the ceiling, trying to figure out what to say to Kieran, how to confess everything before Saturday destroyed us both.
Elisabetta's name lit up the screen. I grabbed it quickly, stepping into the bathroom so I wouldn't wake Kieran.
"Lissy? What's wrong? It's late."
"I know, I'm sorry. But I needed to warn you." Her voice was high, panicked. "Belinda called me tonight."
My stomach dropped. "What did she want?"
"She was asking questions about you and your life with Kieran, what you've been doing, how you're acting as Mrs. Vescari." Elisabetta's words tumbled out in a rush. "She sounded weird, Mel, not curious, more like angry."
"What did you tell her?"
"Nothing. I said
