Tormented (Evolution Series Book 2) by Kelly Carrero Read Free Book Online Page A

deciding whether she should tell us that Chelsea was over Ben’s house, or if she should lie and say she would get Chelsea to call me when she got home. Pity for her, she didn’t realise that she had just inadvertently told us what we wanted to know.
    Marie’s conscience got the better of her, and she decided to tell the truth. “She’s out with Ben.” By the irritation radiating from her, I could only wonder what Chelsea’s reaction would be.
    Taking a step back, I said, “Thanks.”
    She then closed the door without so much as a goodbye.  
    “Wow,” I mouthed to Aiden as I turned my back to the house.
    “That so wasn’t the reaction I was expecting either,” Aiden said in disbelief, as we headed back to his car.
    I opened the passenger door and got into the car. Aiden took his seat beside me and started the car.
    “I don’t get it. Why would she think we just disappeared?” I asked as he pulled the car onto the road. I knew the only reason why everyone would think that we had done a runner would be if my mother’s body hadn’t been found.
    “I think you’re right in thinking that they mustn’t have found her. There’s no other explanation.”
    “So what do we do now?” I asked, wondering if going over to see Chelsea and Ben might not be a good idea.
    “You know Marie will tell her that we dropped by,” he said.
    I sighed. “So let’s go to Ben’s.”  

CHAPTER 8
     

 
    The road diversions were already in place for the Gold Coast Indie, which made the drive take longer than the normal fifteen minutes. The Indie carnival hadn’t started yet, but the preparation in the weeks leading up to it caused almost as much traffic congestion as if it had. And unfortunately, there was no getting around it on the drive over to Ben’s because he lived in a unit halfway between Surfers Paradise and Main Beach.
    He had an awesome view of the race from his balcony, and every year, there would be so many of us piled onto it that I was certain it was going to collapse one year.
    Once Aiden had parked in one of the building’s guest car spaces, we got out of the car and made our way to the entry doors. The only way into the building was through the intercom, and by the reaction from Marie, I wasn’t so sure that Ben would be willing to buzz us in.
    “Well, maybe he won’t have to,” Aiden said silently to me, just as a couple in their early twenties stumbled up the driveway. They were clearly too smashed to notice we were unable to get in without them. All they could both think about was how much they wanted to get their rocks off. And in the back of their minds, they both had a niggling guilt over what they were about to do. But neither of them wanted to acknowledge that guilt; they were more worried about getting caught.
    “ Holy crap! She’s sleeping with her best friend’s fiancé!”
    “You’d be surprised by just how often that sort of thing happens,” Aiden said, with a hint of disgust in his tone.
    We jumped in the same elevator with them. The mirrored walls did nothing to hide the love fest heating up the tiny box.
    “Crap! We need to swipe to get to his floor.” I wondered if maybe that was another sign for us to turn around and head home.
    “Actually, we don’t . We’re getting off with them.”
    The slutty best friend fumbled around in her bag without tearing her lips away from her lover’s mouth. A moment later, she took out her card and swiped it, then pressed the button for Floor 24.
    The couple wastoo busy rubbing up against one another to notice we hadn’t pressed a floor ourselves. I was actually more surprised they had enough restraint that they weren’t ripping each other’s clothes off right there. They were both thinking it, but thank God, neither of them acted on it. All I could do was look at the floor, waiting for what seemed forever before the elevator gave a small ding, and the doors opened.
    We made a dash out of the elevator, not turning around to see whether the