Kate
Ava was every bit as clueless as I’d expected her to be. Or maybe she was pretending. Sitting across from her at the coffee shop, I could tell she had no idea what game I was playing. Her answers were simple, her stories about Kelly were things I ready knew. Yet, there were some piece of information buried beneath her bubbly chatter, small details that didn’t fit into the Kelly I thought I knew.
“You’re sure Kelly never mentioned me?” I pressed, stirring my cappuccino absently.
Ava blinked, her brow furrowing. “Not really. I mean, she’s private, you know? But she always said she had a complicated family. Why do you ask?”
I smiled thinly.
“Just curious. Family is... important to me.”
It wasn’t a lie, but it wasn’t the truth either. Ava didn’t need to know the depth of my curio
