Chapter 24. Questions

"Do you like her?" He tries not to smile when I answer.

"Why? Does it matter?"

"It will show in the future how much I can handle from her:" I act as if the game is over, and he licks his lips.

I can’t think straight for a few seconds, my stomach starts to turn, and the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

"You’d look after her." He makes a questioning face and I sigh.

"Well, now that you say it, that doesn’t sound quite right." I shrug. "But yes, I would."

"Why?"

"We live together, so I’d find a way to get over it." I just shrug my shoulders and look at the lake.

"You’re way too kind." He gives a shoulder shrug.

"Maybe you’re just mean." When I answer, he just shrugs.

"That could happen whenever." I take a few more steps out into the water as he talks back. It was hard to think because we were so close. I tried to