Hunger in my Heart

Chapter 12

"Why?" Kimberley repeated, still looking at him quizzically.

Adam gulped, this had seemed like a really good idea at the time he thought, the right thing to do, but now the thought of telling Kimberley something that may break her heart seemed like a huge weight on his shoulders. Honestly, he really thought Justin would have come home and told her himself.

Kimberley watched as Adam seemed to be about to speak, then stopped, then scratched his head, then squirmed in the chair, she'd had enough.

"Adam, just tell me," Kimberley ordered in her best big sister voice.

"Well, it's just that Justin..." he started.

"Did something happen to Justin?" Kimberley asked urgently, suddenly realizing that her brother appeared to be trying to break bad news to her.

Adam, quickly recognizing the conclusions Kimberley was jumping to, especially in light of her recent scare with Cheryl, hastened to reassure her, "No, No...Justin is fine Kimberley it's just that..."

"What?" She asked impatiently, really she was getting a little exasperated now.

"I caught Justin making out with a girl on my last night in Nice," he finally blurted out.

Kimberley sat back on the sofa abruptly in shock, well, she hadn't expected that. Looking at Adam she noticed his face was bright red and he had a fine sheen of sweat on his forehead.

Adam held his breath waiting for some reaction, while mentally he was chanting 'please don't let her cry', 'please don't let her cry'...he really had to punch Justin in the face the next time he saw him he concluded.

"Define making out," Kimberley said in that eerily calm voice she had when she was really p!ssed.

Adam groaned mentally, of course she would want the details and he really didn't want to tell her. Swallowing loudly he decided to man up himself and just get on with it.

"Well..." he started hesitantly, carefully trying to choose his words even though he'd rehearsed it the whole drive home from France.

"Actually, scratch that. I want you to tell me exactly what happened. Start at the beginning and go from there," Kimberley told him in a no nonsense voice.

Recognizing her tone, Adam began to recount every detail of what had happened, what he saw. Kimberley didn't react at all, just sat there in stony silence staring out the terrace doors. When she did react, he almost jumped out of his seat.

"Allison?! Justin was trying to shag Allison, like our cousin Allison?" Kimberley practically shouted.

"He did what?" Cheryl shouted furiously as she stormed into the room.

Both Adam and Kimberley turned quickly, startled by Cheryl's sudden appearance. Kimberley gave her a sad and slightly reproachful look.

Cheryl shrugged, "I didn't mean to eavesdrop, I just stopped by to see if you wanted a cuppa since I was making one and then you shouted that thing about Justin shagging...and I just reacted," Cheryl finished somewhat bashfully as she sat down next to her friend and took her hand, silently offering her support.

"Yes, well...Adam here was just telling me a very interesting story about Justin trying it on with my younger cousin Allison while they were all in Nice," Kimberley informed her in a quiet, flat voice.

Adam and Cheryl exchanged an uneasy glance at her tone.

"Well, go on then Adam, finish your story," Kimberley prompted.

With that direction Adam finished relaying his tale, but he left out all the bits about Justin's jealously, and of course there was no way he would repeat what Justin had said about their love life. He wasn't going there. Justin could bloody well do that himself, that is if he ever grew any balls to talk to his girlfriend honestly.