CHAPTER THIRTY TWO

A week had passed since Kiran had been seen, but I knew he was safe since Kerry had told me he was staying with Ben. But Lucas had missed him, and the house seemed odd without him there. For the week, I almost contacted him several times, but I refrained because I knew he needed time to digest what was happening. I didn't want to have to start from scratch if he came back, and thankfully, the worst was over. I assumed he'd need to contact me for financial and Lucas-related reasons.

No word from Saika either; it was beginning to annoy me how much of a grudge that girl could keep; anybody would have thought I had slept with her husband from how she was acting. And when a 'bro' she was into entered the scene, our 'Hoes before Bros' motto went out the window.

When Kerry phoned me earlier in the week to let me know she and her friends were all going out on Friday, I immediately realized that Kiran would be our first source of tension. Why would I show up when he was already there? I had no