“Mike said things that made me think you were drifting away from me, that you were getting close with Becky. He pointed out how you two were always hanging out and how you hugged her a lot. He lied to me to break us up, and he doesn’t really even want me. Not anymore. I shouldn’t have listened. I love you, Luke. I want you back.”
“How can you say you love me and believe I could do that to you?” He pushed to his feet and turned to face her. “If you can come up with a real answer to that—one that doesn’t push the blame off on someone else—I might consider taking you back.”
He went back down to the party, wondering how stupid he would have to be to actually get involved with her again. Ben dished him a plate of food, and together they walked to where June, the O’Neils, the Eppersons, and Ae
