#Chapter 51 Guilt

A couple days after the party, Lily asked to come over after I got off work for a girls’ night in. It seemed like an odd request so soon after such a big party, but I brushed that off and let her come over. After all, she had to have her reasons for wanting to get together.

I set out a plate of flourless brownies I had just found the recipe for and a couple glasses of milk—I was swearing off alcohol for a while, given the trouble it had just gotten me into—in anticipation of her arrival. Anxiously, I wondered if Barnett had told Lily about what had happened between us.

Don’t be silly, I told myself. Why would he tell his NIECE, of all people?

Lily is really easy to talk to, my more worried inner voice countered.

But wouldn’t that be really awkward, especially considering that she’s my best friend?

Maybe that’s why he would consult her, to get the opinion of someone with insight into how my brain works.

I’m assuming that he even cares enough to want to talk to someone about it. It p