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Chapter 18

Kenny's POV

After leaving Kevin's house, I find a quiet and secluded area to gather my thoughts. I'm pissed off, I feel betrayed, I'm hurt, and heartbroken all rolled up into one! I guess I shouldn't be that surprised with Kevin, but I'm really disappointed in Megan. I decide Kyle so I can vent. "Kyle…?" I call out as soon as he answers. I know I'm breathing heavy, but again, that's the anger.

"Dude, I heard you're out of jail so what's wrong?" I can hear the concern in his voice.

"I caught Kevin fucking Megan! How could she do this to me?"

"Kenny, I hate to say this, but-" I'm not going to give him a chance to badmouth Megan.

"I know! You guys don't like her, but I do! Kevin knew that and he fucked her anyway!"

"Actually what I was going to say is that Megan isn't your girlfriend so technically she didn't do anything to you."

"But, she's...but I..." I stutter. Damn, he's right.

"So you can't be mad at her."

"Kevin knew I liked her! Why would he has sex with her?"

"Why the hell did you tell him you like her?" He asks.

"I didn't, he picked up on it!"

I hear Kyle snicker. "I believe that, you don't hide your feelings well."

"Then she should know how I feel too!"

"Did you tell her?"

"No, but remember you guys said I needed to back off from her for Drew's sake."

"That's right, I still stand by that. In her defense, without hearing the words, she doesn't know how you feel."

"Now it's too late for me to tell her."

"I wouldn't worry about that now anyway."

"Why?"

"Well while she has no obligation to you, she did sleep with your brother. There's no way there can ever be anything between you two. Do you really want to be with someone knowing she slept with Kevin?"

"I know." I lower my head in shame.

"Maybe it's for the best this happened."

"How can you say that?"

"Now you can move on. Forget about Megan! I didn't think she was right for you anyway."

"Maybe you're right..." I sigh. "I mean I'm a single father, with no job, and no education. The only thing we have in common is we're recovering addicts. She's further ahead in the process than I am. I guess I was never good enough for her."

"Come on dude! Megan is a dirty whore! If anything, she isn't good enough for you."

"I have to go Kyle. We'll talk later." I quickly hang up. He probably wasn't the best person to call. He made me feel worse than I did before I called him.

I stay out until about midnight. When I come home, I see Drew lying in the bed with his eyes wide open. He sits up. "Hi daddy!"

"Hey buddy."

He frowns. "You look like you're sad."

I shake my head. "I'm fine and you should be asleep."

"I couldn't sleep. I was afraid you weren't coming home." I need to stop doing this to him.

"I'm here now and you need rest. You have school tomorrow."

"Can you read me a bedtime story?"

"Not tonight. I'm not in the mood."

"Okay daddy..." He says sadly. He turns over and I guess he finally goes to sleep. I lie down in my bed, unable to get that image of Kevin and Megan out of my head.

Megan's POV

I know Kenny saw what happened between Kevin and me. I decide to go to his house instead of calling him to explain what happened. I knock on the door and when he opens the door, I can see the anger in his eyes. "What do you want?"

"I owe you an explanation."

"You fucked my brother! What's there to explain?" So much!

"Can you come outside so we can talk?"

"No!" He tries to slam the door in my face, but I grab it.

"Come on Kenny, you're being very immature right now!"

He frowns. "I'm being immature?"

I nod. "Yes, I came here to have an adult conversation with you and you're trying to slam the door in my face. Something a child who's throwing a tantrum would do."

"Fine!" He steps outside and closes the door. "I'm outside so talk!"

I let out a heavy sigh. "I'm really sorry about what happened between Kevin and me, but there's more to the story."

Kenny covers his ears. "I really don't want to know the details."

I put his hands down. "You need to listen. I felt so guilty about your arrest so I contacted your brother to get your bail money."

"Why? You should've talked to me first or at least went to Stan or Kyle! They were going to post my bail."

"Your friends don't like me."

"They don't have a problem with you."

I know he's lying about that. "They were very standoffish when I met them. I got the impression that they don't like me or like you hanging out with me. I know they're blaming me for your arrest."

"No they're not." Kenny looks away from, once again lying.

"You're not a good liar Kenny."

He looks at me. "Okay, well maybe they are. But I told them it was my fault!"

"I'm sure they're still blaming me." He nods. "It's cool, I don't expect them to change their minds about me."

"They probably won't now know that you slept with my brother."

My eyes widen. "You told them?" Kenny nods slowly. Thanks for giving them another reason to hate me. "Well let me finish explaining things."

"I'm listening…"

"Kevin and I met up to discuss him paying your bail and what was in it for him. He wanted you to go back to prostitution to pay back the debt plus interest."

Kenny seems confused. "He said we're even."

"That's because I'm taking your place…"

Kenny's jaw drops. "What? No!"

I nod. "I know you don't want to go back to that life so I told your brother that I would do it instead. This is why we slept together, he wanted a "sample" to make sure he can make some money off of me. I took a few sleeping pills so I would be knocked out during the whole thing. I don't even know what happened."

"Really?"

"Yes, really. I didn't want to sleep with him, but I really didn't have a choice. I'm the one that went to him for help so it was only right that I'm the one to pay him back."

"How did you get his number anyway?"

"I googled him and found his work number."

"I still wished you would've talked to me first."

"You were in jail and I was trying to hurry up and get you out of there."

"I don't know how long I'll be free. I'm sure after court, they're going to send me back."

I shake my head, "Not necessarily. It's your first offense, and you weren't using. If you tell the judge where you got it from, that may keep you from serving jail time and you'll just have to pay a fine."

Kenny raises his eyebrow. "You seem to know how this works."

I nod slowly. "I've been to jail before. I wish I had snitched on the people I got my drugs from, but I didn't." This isn't a moment I'm proud of, but I figured I might as well share that with him.

"How long were you there?"

"Three years. It was supposed to be five, but I got out early for good behavior."

"I can't be locked up for three years! I would be away from Drew! He would hate me!"

"Like I said, if you snitch, you're less likely to do jail time."

"But then I would be snitching on my brother…" He looks away from me.

"So what? He treats you like shit!"

"But he's still my brother. Plus he can also say that I've been a drug user for years."

"He can't prove it."

"I don't know, who knows what he has on me. He can also talk about me being a prostitute."

I can't believe after all of this, he's trying to find ways to defend Kevin. "He would still get himself in trouble. It's time for you to pay him back for everything he's put you through. You won't be under his control anymore!"

"I'm still under it. I have to go back to prostitution."

I grab him and shake him. "No you don't! I'm taking your place!"

"Yes I do! I'm not going to let you do it on my behalf!"

"Kenny, it's okay. Like I said, I'm the one that reached out to Kevin, so I'll pay back the debt. Hopefully it won't take long."

"I can't believe you would do that for me."

I smile. "You're a nice guy Kenny. I really don't want to see you head down the wrong path again."

"What about you?"

"I'll be fine. You're still young and you have a son to take care of. Get your life together and provide for him. You can do it! I believe in you."

"I just don't like that you're making this sacrifice for me."

"It's the least I can do. Well I have to meet Kevin and go meet my first John. I'll see you around." I hug him before heading to my car. I don't want to do this anymore than he wants me to, but I did this for his own good. I hope one day he'll see that.