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that why you’re afraid to tell Jack what was on Sandra’s video? Or about the note? You think he would let you push him away if he knew?”
    I pushed loose strands of hair from my face and tucked them behind my ear. “You know I can’t tell him. Sandra has followed through on every threat she’s made.” Turning, I walked along behind some gravestones, grazing shaking fingers along the cold, rough concrete as I passed.
    Jonas followed. “You forget. I don’t have to read your mind to read your mind . Your body language gives you away, and you’re hiding something. More than Sandra’s message. Answer me this… If Jack were here, would you tell him what Ms. Long revealed?”
    I whipped around. “Well, it doesn’t really matter, now does it? Look around, Jonas. Jack isn’t here, is he?”
    Jonas reached out and grabbed my hand, yanking me forward. He brushed his fingers along my hair and jawline. “No, he isn’t.” His calm tone deflated my anger a little.
    I breathed heavily. “This isn’t right, Jonas.” I heard the weakness in my voice, but did nothing to stop him. Was he inside my head, preventing me from turning him away?
    “No?”
    “No.”
    “Why not? Because of Jack?” His breath feathered against my lips.
    “Yes. And because of Briana. Because of lots of things.” I tried pushing against him, to free myself from the straitjacket of his arms.
    “What things? What the attorneys said?” Jonas tilted his head and leaned closer. “Tell me what they said. Let me help you.”
    I couldn’t let this happen. Jonas’s lips were millimeters from mine. His pupils were dilated, leaving only a thin rim of amber. I pushed against him. “Jonas, let go of me. This isn’t you. What are you doing?”
    Suddenly, an avalanche of cool air washed over me. My eyes sprang open as Jonas was jerked from me.
    “What the hell are you doing?” Jack shoved Jonas, and Jonas nearly stumbled over a tombstone.
    “Jack,” I gasped.
    Jonas grinned. His eyes were glued to Jack. “Well, well, well. So nice of you to join us.”
    “You set me up?” Jack walked in a circle, stalking Jonas like prey. “You called me here just so that I could watch you kiss my girlfriend?”
    “What’s he talking about?” I asked Jonas. Why would you do this?
    “Girlfriend?” Jonas feigned a shocked hand over his mouth, ignoring me and belittling the girlfriend label. “I thought you two had broken up. ‘Needed space.’” He placed air quotes around the last two words. “That’s what you said this morning. Isn’t that why you deserted Lexi when she practically begged you to be there for her?”
    “Jonas, stop,” I said. “It’s okay.” It was actually for the best, because now, I didn’t have to feel guilty about all of the secrets I was keeping from Jack.
    Jonas stopped smiling. “It’s not okay. You needed him. We all need each other, and he left you alone.”
    “I told Jack I needed space. It’s not his fault.”
    “But you’re hiding things, and you just can’t,” Jonas said. “Sandra isn’t gone. She’ll be back. You think your twin clone showing up last night was a coincidence? It wasn’t. It’s a sign. This is not over.”
    “I know Sandra’s not gone. You of all people know that I’m well aware that Sandra will be back… is back.” I turned my back on both of them. I had to think, get my priorities straight. But first I wanted to know the truth. I faced Jonas. “What did Jack mean when he said you set him up?”
    Jonas wasn’t smiling. “I sent him a message with my mind. Told him he needed to come.”
    “To watch you try to kiss me,” I said—a statement, not a question.
    “No… well, yes, I did, but—”
    I held up my hand to silence him. “Don’t even bother.”
    “Lexi, you needed him here, and by staging that kiss and his reaction to it… I’ve proven that Jack still cares.”
    Jack’s mouth fell open as he looked at me. “Is that what you think? That I’ve somehow stopped