Fifteen
WE SIT IN HUSHED SILENCE, Dan pacing as he speaks.
“A few weeks ago,” he begins, “Nate called me and asked to speak to me privately. He also asked me to keep what he told me in confidence. The night that Ashley was killed, he gave me permission to break that confidence when, and to what extent, I felt necessary.”
He pauses and clasps his hands behind his back. “Gladys,” he says, looking at her, “not long after you shared with Nate the details of your s****l past, he got concerned that he had lied to you about also having experience.”
Gladys laughs nervously. “What are you talking about? He told me when I first told him about Richard that he wasn’t a virgin. Then when I told him about everything, he told me about all his partners. I mean, he listed off at least a dozen.” She sta
