Private Affair (The Private Series) by Danielle Torella Read Free Book Online

scrunch together and he looks lost and confused. “Ben? Who is it?” I ask, starting to feel a bit worried.
    “Why are you calling my sister’s phone?” His voice deepens and sounds stern.
    I put my hand on his knee and wait for any sign to who he could be talking to. “I thought we talked about this?”
    “Ben?” I whisper. I know how his temper starts and I can tell he’s about to get really pissed off. And I don’t want to see that happen, not tonight.
    “Yeah, well, surprise, I have her phone … no she is not in New York … Your already back in the city? Fine come over.” Then he hangs up.
    I wait patiently as he looks at the phone in his hand, his gears turning for sure. “Ben?”
    He looks over to me and he has a blank expression. “It was Dan.”

 

     

     
     
    When I answer the phone I expected to hear a teen girl’s voice asking where her friend has been for the past few days. Why she hasn’t been online or to class. I never expected to hear my best friend’s voice on the other end.
    Why was Dan calling my little sister? How did he even have her number? Well I guess I am going to find out. Good thing he has moved back to Seattle for Tone, at least I’ll have my best mate with me during this time, along with Tess.
    Even after what nearly happened with him and Caroline, I feel a little betrayed, but I knew he wouldn’t hurt her. He seemed to be like another brother to her, when we were in school. His mind wasn’t in the right place, not after what Mark and Jackie told him, which was a total fucking lie. I would never sleep with Jackie or anyone else he had seen.
    “Why is Dan calling Caroline?” Tess asks, pulling me out of my thought.
    I set the yellow cased phone down on the coffee table, “I have no idea, but I am going to find out. I hope you’re okay that I just invited him over. I am sorry I didn’t think about asking, I just want to know his reason for ringing Caroline.”
    “That’s fine,” She assures me with a smile. She takes a long sip from her glass and now I am regretting that invite.
    We hear a knock on the door about twenty minutes after the call, I open the door and see Dan looking a bit … well, not himself. He looks worried.
    “So what’s going on with Caroline?” He starts right out asking,
    I go to the fridge and I hand him a beer, he’s right on my heels, waiting for me to answer.
    “You didn’t tell him yet Ben?” Tess asks coming into the kitchen.
    “Tell me what?”
    Tess and I sit at the counter, “Have a seat.” I tell him.
    I have never seen him look so worried in his life, pissed all the fuck off sure, but distraught? No way. “Caroline had an accident in New York.”
    He sets his untouched beer down, another thing he doesn’t ever do. “What kind of accident? Is she alright?”
    I look to Tess who is looking down at her hands in her lap and she looks up at me, waiting for me to tell him. “She was rushed to the emergency room. She cut herself and passed out from blood loss.”
    He jumps from the counter, tipping over his stool and he grabs his head. “What the fuck? Fuck! What the fuck? What happened? Is she okay? Where is she now? Ben!” He looks frantically from me to Tess and back to the floor and he starts to pace the kitchen.
    “She is okay, Dan” Tess assures him, but he isn’t calming down. Why is he so upset?
    “Where is she?” He asks again.
    This time I answer, “She is in a treatment facility here in Seattle, we brought her home to get help.”
    “Help for what?” He looks the way I feel about it.
    Tess goes over and hugs him, she is trying to calm him down and I see his face start to visually relax. Tess walks him over to the sofa and signals him to sit. I follow them over and I allow her to explain, because I don’t know if I can handle saying the words.
    “She has been harming herself for some time now, Dan. She has been cutting herself and there are scars on her arms and other parts of her body. She said she