13
Outside, the moon was now higher in the sky, competing with the bright light of the parking lot fluorescents. Cassie didn’t say anything as she pulled Kevin toward his Lamborghini. She wasn’t ready to drive yet, and her mother might need the car tomorrow. Besides, she had so many confusing emotions to sort through. Fear, relief, betrayal. Shock.
Never before had her mother not needed her. She didn’t know what to do with that.
“I need a drink,” she declared to Kevin as soon as they were both buckled into his sports car.
“A drink?” He frowned at her, looking so delicious and normal and healthy that she wanted to throw him down and straddle him. “How about you just tell me what’s happening?”
“There’s nothing to tell. Mom’s fine. I need a drink. You can just drop me off at Barstow’s. I
