“Did Nathan send you up here to check on me?”
He puts his hands into his jacket pockets, not wanting to answer me.
“That means yes.” I roll my eyes. “And of course. I don’t have feelings like that for Nathan. We’re friends, Alex, that’s all.”
“So why are you upset?”
“Because he’s been lying to me for ten years,” I whisper in an outrage. “Never once in ten years has he mentioned a woman to me.”
“Has he mentioned a man to you?”
“No, but...” I throw my hands up in frustration.
“Nathan is different from most people, Eliza. He doesn’t talk about his feelings openly, not even to the people he sleeps with.”
“Well, he tells you everything.” I huff.
“You know why he tells me everything?”
“Why?”
“Because I walked in on him and Robert in a compromising position when they were sixteen.”
I frown. “How old were you?”
“Eighteen. I talked to Nathan about it because he had no choice. I had seen it with my own eyes, so he eventually opened up and told me everything. It changed for us on that day. We grew closer. I understood where he was coming from and I became his only confidant.”
“And what’s he telling you now, Alex?”
“He’s petrified that if he tells you the truth, he’s going to lose you.”
“So, he lied?”
His eyes hold mine. “He’s just testing the waters with her, Lize. She means nothing. Trust me on this.”
Are you for real?
Nathan’s going to use a girl to test his waters, and Alex expects me to rejoice in this?
Anger bursts through me for him lying to me while lying beside me every night. For him using someone, for him sending his brother to talk to me instead of doing it himself, and for me acting like an immature idiot. The list is endless, and I can feel nastiness building on my tongue.
“I’m not discussing this with you, Alex.” I storm from the bathroom and into the bedroom.
“Then discuss it with him!” he calls from behind me as he follows me out.
I turn like the devil. “The only word I am capable of saying to your brother at the moment is liar.”
His face falls. “Don’t be angry.”
“I’m not!” I snap. “I’m going downstairs. You coming or not?”
His eyes hold mine and I know he’s disappointed at how our talk has gone. How did he think this was going to go?
“I’ll see you down there,” he eventually replies.
“Fine.” I turn and storm out.
It’s official.