"What did you do?" Alec said, repulsed at the mess in Zoe's apartment.
"I had company last night. We played some games." She smirked. "We had fun."
"Company? Fun? And you didn't think to invite me?"
"Not the kind of fun you're thinking about."
"Now that's too bad." It was funny but almost sad how oblivious he was. She couldn't even tell if he was trying to be sarcastic.
"Did you find anything out about our fancy Revenant?" she asked, trying to change the subject before he did find everything out.
"I thought you were going to have it under control. Did you have a dinner party or something? What did you do?"
"I did nothing in relation to Revenant." She thought about adding a 'well…', but that would add suspicion and require an explanation.
"Well what?"
"Excuse me?"
"You said 'I did nothing in relation to Revenant. Well…' Well what?"
Shit.
"Nothing." She quickly added, not wanting to tell him about her night. On second thought, maybe adding nothing made it worse.
"Zoe," his voice had more concern to it, "What did you do?"
"I–"
"Did you kill someone?"
"No! I don't do that!"
"What'd you do then?"
"I invited Evy over and–"
"And what? Did she tell you anything? Anything that can help us find my sister? Take down Revenant?"
"No… it's nothing like that. I didn't do anything to help the case at all."
"What'd you do then?" he demanded.
"Nothing! I did nothing!"
"ZOE!" he yelled. For the first time, he actually scared her.
"You might want to sit down."
Zoe was moments from telling Evelyn about her telling Alec, but that might not have been the smartest idea. It read on her face.
"Are you ok?" Evelyn asked. "You like kind of… Worried."
"Fine. I promise. I think."
"You sure?"
"Yeah. Just had a busy morning. Cleaning up. You know the drill."
"Not really. It was fun though. I'm glad it was you and not someone who would be ready to just turn out to be someone who's trying to take me down."
Oooh, killer.
"Nope," she tried hard not to make it come out as a squeak. "Wouldn't do that to you."
"Can I kiss you again?" Evelyn asked, stepping closer.
"You don't even have to ask." They kissed again, trying to drag it out so they wouldn't have to leave.
"Hold up," Evelyn broke off, "What's that over there?"
Zoe turned around, not noticing Evelyn's reeling up to knock her out.
"Liar." She whispered as she stared at Zoe's limp body on the ground.