Betrayal: Abby's Guilt (The Betrayal Series) Read Online Free

you want to go shoot some pool?” Kyle asked his best friend through gritted teeth as he shot to his feet. Kyle took a few steps towards the pool table while scowling at his sister. Ryan stood up and followed Kyle, but not before shooting a nervous half grin at Brianna. Abby wanted to go after Kyle, but her phone began buzzing. She looked at the screen and saw it was her mother calling from Michigan. Her mother never called that late unless it was important. Filled with worry, Abby excused herself and rushed towards the fire escape to take the call.
    After Abby left the room, Brianna placed her beer bottle on the coffee table and shot to her feet. “How about we all go shoot some pool?” She gestured with her fingers for her three admirers to follow her to the pool table.
    Kyle and Ryan were already in the middle of a game when Brianna and the others joined them. Kyle and Ryan stood at one end of the table, and Brianna and her admirers stood at the other. Brianna placed her palms flat on the edge of the pool table and watched the multicolor balls roll across the table and drop in the pockets. “You know, I taught Kyle how to play pool,” Brianna informed Ryan and her admirers. “Remember how we used to play each other when you were younger, little bro?” She asked, raising her gaze away from the table and trying to make eye contact with her brother. Kyle ignored her. He took a deep breath and kept his eyes on the pool table. He was determined not to let her demented sister get under his skin. He figured that if he ignored her, she would get fed up and leave.
    “I really hope your game has improved because you really sucked back then, Kyle.”
    Kyle glared at Brianna as he walked towards the end of the table where she was standing. He was still not taking her bait. Brianna turned around, crossed her arms over her chest, and leaned her butt against the pool table to block Kyle’s path. She was trying to force Kyle to deal with her or at least rattle him, but Kyle simply walked around her, ignoring her completely.
    “How about a one-on-one game between you and me, little bro? Just one game for old time’s sake,” Brianna suggested, hovering over Kyle as he prepared to take his shot.
    “No,” Kyle replied coldly after taking his shot. He watched the ball drop in one of the pockets and walked away from Brianna.
    Brianna uncrossed her arms and watched Kyle walk towards the other end of the table. “Why not? Are you afraid you’re going to lose to a girl? It’s okay. I understand. I mean, I can easily destroy you at this game, and you don’t want to be humiliated in front of your friends.”
    Brianna’s condescending remarks and the snickers coming from Ryan’s roommates drove Kyle to his breaking point. “Fine. You want to play me? Let’s play,” Kyle snapped before gathering all the balls and placing them inside the triangle. “I’ll even let you break. You’re going to be sorry you didn’t leave when I asked you to.”
    “Is that so? You think you can beat me, huh?” Brianna grinned, tipping her chin up defiantly. After all the hurtful things Kyle had said to her on the fire escape, seeing him so worked up was sweet payback for Brianna. She walked towards him and got in his face again. “Care to make it a little interesting K-bear?”
    “That was his nickname when he was kid,” Brianna explained to the other guys gathered around the pool table before turning her attention back to Kyle.
    “How about we place a little wager on this game?” Brianna proposed.
    “What do you have in mind?” Kyle asked through gritted teeth.
    “NYU is a really expensive school, isn’t it? You must be drowning in debt. How much do you owe in student loans so far, Kyle?”
    “What the heck does that have to do with anything?”
    “Just answer the question, asshole.”
    “Close to eighty thousand. Why?”
    “If you win this pool game, I will pay off all of those loans, every cent of it. I will write you a check for