Lita refused to react to the question and maintained her strict façade. She had been telling so many lies to everyone lately to protect herself and after renewing her vow to Bellona, she knew she couldn’t any longer.
“I admit, originally when you told me you were investigating the fires and Dad said he was going to ask you to leave, I told him to let you stay because I wanted to see what you knew.”
“I knew it,” he kicked the ground and walked around her towards the cabin. He spun back before reaching the door, “it was all bullshit then? You just played me to get intel.”
“No.” Knowing it was going to hurt. All of this was going to hurt. Psych-One was in her head. Honesty above everything. No more bullshit. Reeling herself for the possibility of the anguish she could feel at his rejectio
