Total pages in book: 162
Estimated words: 158848 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 794(@200wpm)___ 635(@250wpm)___ 529(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 158848 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 794(@200wpm)___ 635(@250wpm)___ 529(@300wpm)
Once again, Remy’s giving me grief over something I did when I was caught off-guard and just wanted to support my boyfriend. “How was I supposed to know they’d use it that way! I thought I was helping Griff.”
“I know that.” The slower and more patiently Remy speaks, the angrier I’m getting. “And he knows that. I don’t think there’s a lot we can do about it now.”
“Maybe we can tell the show I signed it under duress. Because I did.”
“We can talk to a lawyer about pursuing that. But it’s probably going to take a lot of money.”
“That’s not fair.”
“Not many things in life are fair, Molly.”
“Yeah, I should know that by now,” I grumble. “Now that Griff knows what the show’s doing, will he leave and come home?” I hate the pitiful note of hope coloring my voice. I don’t want to see Griff or talk to him ever again.
Liar.
I don’t want my brother to know how bad I want to see Griff.
Remy presses his lips tight and flashes his pity eyes at me. “I don’t know if he can.”
“All he has to do is lose a fight.”
Remy shakes his head. “He says he already didn’t do well in one of the fights and he was surprised they didn’t send him home.”
“But that’s…that’s crazy. The show’s supposed to be a fighting com-pe-ti-tion.” I sound out each syllable as if it will somehow make a difference.
“That’s what he thought too.” Remy glances toward the living room. “But obviously it’s more than that.”
“So, is Griff lying? Or is the show rigged?”
“I think it’s clear by now, the show is fucked.” He shrugs. “Except when you two were sneaking around behind my back, Griff’s never lied to me.”
I glare at Remy. How dare he throw that in my face now of all times. I should’ve known he’d end up taking Griff’s side. “We didn’t sneak around. Does it make you feel better now? You were right all along. We never should’ve been together. Happy?”
“I didn’t say that, Molly.” He glares at me. “No, I’m not happy about any of this.”
“Let me get this straight.” I stand and lean over the table. “With your own two eyes.” I point two fingers at his eyes and then toward the television. “You saw your best friend in bed with another woman in black-and-white. And after one conversation with him, you’re ready to take his side. You’re trying to tell me maybe it’s not what it seems. That I didn’t see and hear him in bed with someone else. Do I have that right?”
Remy’s not a fan of being spoken down to by anyone. He stands and leans over the table so we’re almost nose-to-nose. “There are no sides, Molly. There’s the truth. And there’s whatever agenda the show is trying to push.”
“Bullshit! We all saw it. If Griff really didn’t do it, why hasn’t he tried to call me and explain himself?”
“He can’t let them know we talked about the show with anyone on the outside.”
“He talked to you! For a long time, apparently.”
He throws his head back and stares at the ceiling, pure frustration tightening his jaw. “I only got to talk to him because the cops reached him on set. The show couldn’t listen in on the call with the cops, so as soon as I got there, Jerry gave me the phone.”
“Oh.” I blink and sit back down, pulling my chair closer to the table.
Remy takes his seat again, too. “We couldn’t talk long. I let him know I had strong feelings about what he did.”
I roll my eyes.
“I told him about the show and all the bullshit being said about you. How they kept showing you in the opening credits. The shit people are saying about you online. He had no idea.”
Mortification heats me from head to toe. Remy told Griff how dumb and slutty the world thinks I am? I better get used to it. Those clips of me will live on into infinity. “Was he mad?”
“Of course. He’s furious. He never wanted you brought into any of this.”
“I only signed that dumb release form to help him.”
“Your heart was in the right place.”
“My heart is stupid,” I grumble.
“The interest in you will die off eventually.”
I don’t believe that for a second. Especially if Griff stays on the show, or worse, wins. They’ll ask him to come back for reunion shows, spin-offs, and who knows what else.
I would’ve been there to support him through all of it.
Now, I can’t wait to leave for college and never come back to this awful town.
CHAPTER SIX
Molly
Now that I know Remy’s spoken to Griff, I unblock his secret number and wait to see if any texts or calls come through. He’d at least send me a text, right?
G: Don’t take it too hard. He was bound to find a real woman once he left home. Virgins are only fun for a little while. Luv, Kiki.