Seductive Lies (Secret Lives Series) (46 page)

“
Y
ou
ca
n’t
s
e
r
i
ous
l
y
be
c
ons
i
d
e
r
i
ng
t
h
i
s.
R
e
b
e
k
a
h,
h
e
’s
a
ma
d
ma
n. He
k
i
dn
a
pp
e
d
y
ou
a
nd…
a
nd…”
K
at
y
’s
h
a
nd
w
a
v
e
d
t
ow
a
rd
h
e
r
s
t
o
m
ac
h.
“
I
don’t
m
ea
n
t
o
be
s
o
bru
tal
, but
R
e
b
e
k
a
h,
m
y
d
ea
r
e
st
fr
ie
nd,
h
e
’s
a
m
urd
e
r
e
r! H
e
…he
w
il
l
k
il
l
y
o
u
t
h
i
s
t
i
m
e
.”

“
Y
ou
don’t
und
e
rs
ta
nd,
K
at
y
.
H
e
’
l
l
do
m
e
no
h
a
r
m
.
I’m
not
sure
he
w
il
l
go.
I’m
not sure
of
a
n
y
t
h
i
ng
e
x
ce
pt
I
h
a
ve
t
o
lea
v
e
.
I
h
a
ve
t
o
pro
tec
t
e
v
e
r
y
o
n
e
.
Ov
e
r
i
n
Fr
a
n
ce
,
I
w
il
l h
a
ve
a
c
h
a
n
c
e
t
o
li
ve
a
li
fe
w
it
hout
f
ea
r.
If
he
g
i
v
e
s
up
h
i
s
li
fe
h
e
r
e
…
i
f
Rory
w
a
n
t
s
a hope
of
a
li
fe
a
g
ai
n
w
it
h
h
i
s
c
h
il
d
a
w
a
y
from
t
he
k
illi
ng
a
nd
l
oss…
t
h
e
n
I
w
il
l
c
ons
i
d
e
r
i
t on
c
e
I
g
e
t
t
o
m
y
d
e
s
ti
n
ati
on.
I
h
a
ve
t
o
g
e
t
a
w
a
y
.”

“
W
e
h
a
ve
on
l
y
j
ust
m
e
t
t
h
i
s
M
a
d
e
m
o
i
s
el
l
e
Fon
tai
n
e
,
R
e
b
e
k
a
h.
I
b
e
g
y
o
u
…Go
t
o
t
h
i
s fr
ie
nd
of
y
o
urs.
D
r.
Corb
ett
,
p
lea
s
e
.
He
w
il
l
h
el
p
y
o
u
.
I
know,
E
rn
i
e
s
a
y
s…”

R
e
b
e
k
a
h
t
ook
h
e
r fr
ie
nd’s
h
a
nd
i
n
h
e
rs.
“
I
ca
n’t
do
t
h
i
s
t
o
h
i
m
or
a
n
y
o
n
e
.
I
w
i
sh
e
v
e
r
y
t
h
i
ng
w
a
s
d
i
ff
e
r
e
n
t
,
but
it
’s
no
t
.”

She
ca
st
one
la
st
t
roub
le
d
g
la
n
c
e
a
t
h
e
r
d
ea
r
e
st
fr
ie
nd
a
nd
t
urn
e
d
b
ac
k
t
ow
a
rd
t
he door.
She
c
ou
l
dn’t
e
xp
lai
n
t
o
K
at
y
wh
a
t
she
h
e
rs
el
f
c
ou
l
dn’t
und
e
rs
ta
nd.
One
no
t
e
from Ro
r
y
calle
d
h
e
r
a
w
a
y
from
t
he
p
e
op
l
e
who
l
ov
e
d
h
e
r,
but
i
t
w
a
s
for
t
h
a
t
r
ea
son
she
h
a
d
t
o
lea
v
e
.
She
put
al
l
i
n
d
a
ng
e
r.
She
f
el
t
it
.

If
she
c
ou
l
d
on
l
y
lea
ve
a
nd
go
a
w
a
y
from
a
n
y
o
n
e
who
kn
e
w
h
e
r,
she
c
ou
l
d
r
ai
se
h
e
r
c
h
il
d
s
a
fe
a
w
a
y
from
t
h
i
s
m
a
d
n
e
ss.
R
e
b
e
k
a
h
t
hought
b
ac
k
t
o
t
he
ca
su
a
l
m
e
e
ti
ng
w
it
h M
a
d
e
m
o
i
s
ell
e
Fon
tai
ne
a
t
K
a
t
y
’
s
ho
m
e
,
a
fr
ie
nd
of
R
a
nd
a
.
R
e
b
e
k
a
h
found
M
a
d
e
m
o
i
s
e
ll
e Fon
tai
ne
t
he
m
ost
i
n
te
r
e
s
ti
ng of
w
o
m
e
n,
ele
g
a
nt
a
nd
r
e
f
i
n
e
d.
T
he
wo
m
a
n
tal
k
e
d
of
t
he
c
ourt
of
K
i
ng
L
ou
i
s
a
nd
t
he
wor
l
d
all
ow
e
d
i
n
Fr
a
n
ce
.
T
o
R
e
b
e
k
a
h
i
t
s
eeme
d
she
w
a
s h
ea
v
e
n
s
e
n
t
.