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sister? Your identical sister to be exact? Don t you find that creepy?
[i]Keep your mouth shut. Don t say anything else[i].
He didn t sleep with Betty.
What? Bobbi was confused. Are you on drugs?
As if a tiny crack appeared inside her soul, the secret she d been carrying around for years came
tumbling out. She couldn t help it. Her brain and her mouth were not getting along.
Logan thinks he slept with Betty because the two of them had flirted outrageously all night. But
she left with someone else and it wasn t Betty who followed him into that room at the party. It was
me.
She waited for Bobbi to say something but her sister remained silent, though her eyes were wider
than before, and with the smudge of liner around their edges she looked like a deranged raccoon.
Do you understand what I m saying? Billie said quietly.
You pretended to be Betty so you could nail Logan Forest.
Pretty much. She winced at the crude words but what the hell, they were true.
Why? Bobbi asked, clearly puzzled.
Because I wanted him. Something twisted inside Billie and it was nearly a full minute before
she could continue. Because I was in love with him.
But he didn t even know you existed! He was all about Betty and her trashy reputation.
The pain intensified. I know.
What about now? Billie, you can t be in love with him. I mean, can you?
I don t know.
[i]Liar[i]. Had she ever stopped loving him? Thinking about him? Hadn t she compared every
single boyfriend she d ever had to Logan Forest? Hadn t she found every one of them wanting?
For a moment there was silence and then Bobbi spoke. And you haven t told him yet.
Billie shook her head, ashamed. No.
Are you going to?
I have to, I just& I don t know how he s going to react. She thought again of how disappointed
and hurt he had been when he d shown up at their house the next day looking for Betty. Of how she
had lied to his face and sent him on his way.
Doesn t it make you wonder? her sister asked carefully.
Wonder what?
Look I know it happened a long time ago, but still, Bobbi looked as if she thought Billie was
crazy. Doesn t it make you wonder if he s thinking of Betty when he s with you?
Bingo. That was the million dollar question. But it was one Billie didn t know if she wanted an
answer to.
Chapter Twenty-three
Three weeks later, on a Monday morning, Billie was skating laps around the arena by herself. It
was Logan s last official coaching session, but he d left for the airport sometime the night before and
would be on the west coast by now. She wouldn t see him until Friday, possibly Saturday and maybe
that was a good thing. She d spent every available minute that she could with him under the cover of
darkness of course but still, she shouldn t get so used to being with him.
It s not as if they d ever discussed the future and he seemed more than happy to keep things low
key and secret. It shouldn t annoy her since it was her idea, but still, it would have been nice to know
he wanted more than just Shane to know they were together.
Though, was having lots of really, hot and spicy sex considered together ?
Billie pushed those thoughts away and concentrated on the mechanics of using both her inside and
outside edges as she burned off a ton of restless energy. She flew along the circles in the end zone.
First forward and then twice backwards, carrying a puck and shooting at the net as she finished her
cycle. Even though Logan was away she d decided to take advantage of the donated ice time. Though
if he was home, she could think of a lot of different ways to burn energy.
Her cheeks heated. A [i]lot[i] of different ways.
She d spent a quiet night with her father and Herschel and it had been nice. There was no leaving
early or sneaking out. Bobbi had attended a wedding shower for one of her co-workers it must have
been one hell of a shower because her sister hadn t come home until after Billie had gone to bed.
And that would be in her own bed something she hadn t done in over three weeks and something
she d be doing for the next few days. Sure, Cosmo probably had a ton of articles on why it was a
good idea to be away from Logan for a little while. They d been burning hot and fast ever since that
first night.
But it was such a [i]good[i] hot and fast that she was kind of annoyed, which was most likely the
reason she d had such a crappy sleep in the first place.
She flew over the blue line, shooting pucks at the net on the other end of the rink and tried to clear
her mind, but it was so hard. She hadn t seen Logan since Sunday morning when he d woken her with
a slow, lingering kiss. The kind of kiss that curls your toes and makes your stomach tremble.
God, she loved watching him while they were having sex. Everything he felt was reflected in his
eyes. He had treated her to a morning of incredible, steaming hot sex and they hadn t surfaced until
nearly noon. And that was only because Weird was hungry and wouldn t leave them alone. Not
surprising since the damn cat had perched on the end of the bed and refused to leave for hours.
What the hell could the damn cat see out of one eye anyway?
Hey, Billie!
She rounded the far end of the rink and waved to Kendall and several of her teammates. They
practiced every Monday morning at six as well, and she was surprised to see them milling about the
player s bench. They should be doing laps on the other pad.
Billie skated over to the girls. Aren t you guys on the wrong side?
Their trainer, Dave Sloan, leaned over and smiled. Where s Forest? He couldn t take it
anymore?
No, she grinned, he s out of town.
Ah. Dave Sloan straightened. So you re on your own today?
Yep. fraid so.
Sloan cleared his throat and looked as if he was going to say something but before he could,
Kendall butted in. We want you to teach us your drills.
Billie looked at the eager and expectant faces and then back to Dave who was staring at her with
an equally large, equally hopeful grin.
The girls have been watching the tail end of your sessions with Logan and I gotta tell you, Billie,
they d benefit a lot from someone with your skill set and knowledge.
Oh, she was surprised and flattered.
Please, Billie. Kendall smiled and poked the girl beside her. We ll pay.
She was horrified at the thought of collecting money from a bunch of teenagers, especially since
the ice time had been donated. Don t worry about that. She glanced around the large expanse of
empty ice.
Why not?
Their enthusiasm for the game was written all over each and every face and she felt a spark hit her
square in the chest. It mobilized her and she moved back, pointing toward the pylons and bucket of
pucks in the corner.
Okay girls, but rest assured I ll work you a lot harder than I did Mr. Forest.
The girls scrambled onto the ice while their trainer Dave thanked her profusely. This is so good
of you, Billie. He looked a little sheepish. I have to be honest though. I was opposed to you playing
in our league. Hell I almost considered pulling out and driving twenty minutes to the city to play, but
my wife told me I was being an idiot. He shrugged. She was right. You ve shown me that the desire
to play trumps all that small stuff. In fact, I think the whole level of play has been elevated because
you are in the league and you have to know that a lot of guys don t agree with Longwood s dirty play
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