Escape With Me (Love With Me 1)

Brianna handed Cassie a steaming mug of tea. Cassie nearly spilled it all down her front when someone else started pounding on Brianna's door.

“Apparently I'm popular today,” Brianna joked, setting down her own mug and going to the door. She'd barely pulled it open when Janessa stormed in.

“I'm going to kill her,” Janessa shouted. “Murder. Torture. Make her go to the back of the line at the DMV!”

“Whoa, slow down there, Satan,” Cassie replied. “Who are you destroying at the DMV?”

“Lorna,” Janessa hissed.

“Oh, well in that case, I'm happy to help,” Cassie said. “I'm down to tell her to bring the wrong forms too. And then put her in the wrong line again.”

“I am so sorry she did that to you, Cassie.” Janessa hurried over and hugged Cassie. “I can't believe she did that.”

“What happened?” Brianna asked, confusion filling her face. “I know that Lorna is awful, but purposefully giving the wrong forms at the DMV bad?”

“Here.” Janessa handed Brianna her phone and Cassie watched as confusion faded to shock which twisted into fury.

“That bitch,” Brianna murmured. “How anyone doesn't see through this is beyond me.”

The phone chirped with an incoming message. Brianna quickly handed it back to Janessa.

“It's Lorna,” Cassie explained. “She just does that to people. No one sees her evil side.”

“I think people are seeing it,” Janessa announced. She stared down at her phone, her mouth starting to curve into a smile. “I just got a message from Kyle.”

“Kyle?” Brianna asked. “What's he going to do about his cousin?”

“I always thought that he was blind to anything bad Lorna could do,” Janessa explained, scrolling through the message on her phone. “He's furious about this. About what people are saying about you, Cassie.”

“That's sweet of him,” Cassie replied. “I appreciate the thought.”

“Oh, it's way more than just a thought,” Janessa assured her. “He's telling his uncle. Lorna's getting cut off from the family.”

“Seriously?” Brianna looked shocked.

“Yeah. Apparently they were funding her since her alimony dried up,” Janessa continued. “No one in the family is happy that she's putting the family name in a bad light.”

“It's not quite DMV level cursing, but I think it's fair,” Cassie said.

“She deserves way worse. May her fake boob pop,” Janessa spat. She turned and frowned at Cassie. “What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be with Wyatt?”

Just the sound of his name made Cassie's heart clench. She realized that she was behind schedule.

“I'm

leaving town for a little bit,” Cassie told her friends. “Things aren't the way I want them with Wyatt. I need to make some changes.”

“You going to be okay?” Janessa's voice was soft and full of concern.

Cassie forced a smile. “I sure hope so.”

“If you need anything, you let us know,” Brianna told her. “We're here for you.”

Cassie smiled for real this time. She had good friends.

“I need to get going,” Cassie told them. “But, I really appreciate you guys.”

“Good luck with whatever you're planning,” Janessa replied.