She pauses. “We’ll figure that out later. I’m calling the cops.”

“Were you not listening when I said it was an accident?” Aiden asks, his entire body rigid with fury. “We need some time to figure out what to do, how to inflict the least amount of damage on the twins as possible.”

“I heard you. You can tell that to the cops when we set Luke free.”

“We are not telling anyone! Not this second. Come on, Anna, the most logical thing to do is to have a plan on how best to protect them. Luke isn’t going to prison.”

Annalisa stands her ground against Aiden’s stiffened form. “If it was an accident, they’ll just get a slap on the wrist and be sent on their way!”

“You’re delusional if you think they’ll just get a slap on the wrist,” Aiden fires back at her. “They killed a guy and hid the evidence. They could still be charged, I could lose my custody petition, and they’ll be famous for the rest of their lives for killing someone. We need to handle this properly.”

Annalisa looks around the room at our friends’ shocked faces. “So you’re saying you’re just going to let Luke take the fall for it? Knowing full well he’s innocent?”

I promised her Luke wouldn’t go to prison, and I’m standing by that promise. It’s important to me that she know that, even though she’s pissed at me right now for numerous reasons. “Well, we know Luke didn’t do it for sure now. Aiden’s getting a lawyer for the twins. In the meantime, we can still protect the boys by just finding out where Luke was at the time of Greg’s death like we’ve been doing. Let’s just take a second to think things through.”

Annalisa sets her piercing gaze on me. “Of course you’re going to take his side. As if you’re not done betraying me this week, you’re fine with throwing my brother under the bus for Aiden’s brothers.”

My breath stills. That’s not what’s going on and she knows it.

“They’re just scared kids, Anna.” Mason comes to stand beside me, and I’m grounded by his steady, familiar presence. “Amelia and Aiden are right. We don’t have to jump on anything right now, Luke’s trial date hasn’t even been set.”

She turns her sights on Mason, and I don’t like the hard set of her jaw paired with the fire in her eyes.

“Really, Mason? I know you’re only taking her side because you’re in love with her. But did you know your dad is fucking her mom on a regular basis? And Amelia has known this whole time and asked me not to tell you?”

My heart stops. All my limbs turn leaden, holding me in place as her words sink in around the room.

She did not just say that.

She did not just say that!

“Mason—”

I don’t even know what to say. Brian was supposed to tell him, and if not, I was supposed to break it to him gently, in private. I would’ve done it at mini-golf, but we weren’t alone. That was probably the worst way she could’ve broken the news to him. And now he thinks I went around telling everyone behind his back.