The Love Lie

Nine

“When I was a kid, Bingham felt like a world away,” Sydney said as Reese’s car meandered along the coastline.

They’d been driving for over an hour, and they were about halfway to their destination.

It was a slightly chilly Saturday morning, but the weather would warm up in a few hours, when they were slated to arrive at the Fitzpatricks’ seaside mansion, just ‘a hop, skip, and a jump away’—they’d been told, according to the text that Stan Fitzpatrick had sent Reese’s entire family—from the country club where they’d be spending the day.