It’s the lie he’s supposed to spread around our family. I try to relax my strained shoulders. “What’d they say?” I ask him. “They thought you were a piece of shit. For leading the girl on.” I go blank-faced. “You serious?” “Don’t take it too personally. They act like they’ve got morals, but Kieve’s cheated on his wife about a dozen times in a year. He’d fuck a trashcan if it had a pair of legs.”
