Chapter 13. Lie

MICHELLE

Devon took a deep breath before turning his back on me and walking towards the bench, where I observed a pair of red athletic sneakers. He grabbed them with one hand and shoved it into Kaden’s chest.

“Thanks, bro…” he added, his eyes briefly staring at me as if to convey the message that we’re going to talk later.

I heaved a trembling breath out of my mouth and kept my bag up against my chest, as I moved passed them and placed my bag into a random locker.

“Anytime, man!” Kaden yelled out at Devon who was already walking away from us. “Hey, we should get going. Everyone else already left…”

He led the way out of the locker room, and I hurried to match his steps.

“Kaden…?” I asked as we reached the door. Draco’s conversation with his friends from earlier still fresh in my mind.

There was a sense that something wasn’t quite right about it, but perhaps Kaden would know.

“Do you know what the Goldstein welcome is?”

He frowned,