Chapter 73

Eliana POV

“You were right,” I told Cassie as I closed the door firmly behind me, sliding the deadbolt into place. “Your boyfriend's friends are shit!”

Cassie looked up from her laptop and nodded with a grimace. “Yep, I told you so, they're all sexual and creepy.”

I told her my suspicions about Thomas and she chewed on her bottom lip for a second, her mind racing.

“You know, I'd heard a few stories about girls who have woken up in bed next to either Perry or Thomas without knowing how they got there. It was always put down to a lot of booze, but maybe it wasn't…”

The unspoken question hung in the air between us - what would have happened if Nathan hadn't come to my rescue when he did?

“I don't get why Marco is friends with them. He says they were all at school together, but that doesn't mean you have to stick it out with them through college too,” Cassie grumbled.

“Maybe it's just old loyalties… you know. The bro code or some macho crap.”

“Yeah, must me,” she replied, chewing her