“No, no… nothing about New York except the details of our meeting.”
“Oh? So you plan to keep up the lie?”
“Daniel, really, this is not your concern.”
“But I’m making it mine. It’s better to spit it out now than to let it linger. I’m not putting you two together only to have this blow up and fall apart. If I can’t trust you, I have to know I can trust him.”
“You can trust me,” I blurt out.
“Sorry, slut, you’ve already proven otherwise. I don’t give second chances. You burn me once as you just did, I may take your side, but I sure as hell won’t trust you to behave yourself and do the sensible thing.”
He knows how his rebuke affects me. He knows that I live for this kind of careful management. But a confession to Steven in front of both men? Daniel would say it’s exactly what I need,
