Again, In Autumn (That Time of Year Book 1) by Emily Hart

Author:Emily Hart [Hart, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-08-22T00:00:00+00:00

I pair up with Alice.

“The rule of the game,” I say to the group, “Is that you must mirror your partner’s movements completely. You’re competing against your partner. They decide if you’re still in it or you’re out.”

I get down on my knees. I swipe my nose across Alice’s, and she giggles.

“This is trippy,” David calls out, waving his hands slowly in wide circles.

“Every time, I feel like I’m on shrooms or I’m doing tai chi,” Francesca laughs, copying the movement.

David snorts, “Or like we’re whales at the aquarium waving through the glass to school children.”

“Set me free,” she chants. “Set me free…”

David says, “Wax on. Wax off.”

They both bowl over in laughter and they’re not the only ones.

I match my hands to Alice as she breaks our imaginary glass pane and tries to touch my eyelashes. It’s not worth explaining the game to her.

Caroline kneels in front of Grayson. “We’re pretty good at this,” she comments. “I feel like a mime.”

“I’m trapped in a box!” Grayson jokes, cracking himself up.

Maggie muses, “I like this. We did this in couples therapy.”

“We did too!” David and Francesca say in unison.

I venture a glance at Adam and Kate. She’s kept her hands to herself so far, so I’ve lost that bet to myself. He’s smiling. His shoulders shake so he must be laughing at whatever she’s saying. Their hands move mere centimeters from one another, and her long, toned leg stretches and Adam tries to mirror the movement. She throws her head back and laughs.

Alice’s palm smacks me on the forehead while I was looking away.

“Auntie Vee doesn’t win!” she says.

I turn back to her. “You don’t know how to play the game.”

She presses her hands into her hips and sticks her chin out. “I win. I win, I win, I win!” She dances off, her skirt flowing in the air.

Ten minutes later, we’re in the house. David holds out his bike helmet to me.

From it, I take out the last piece of paper and scold, “Why am I last to pick? This isn’t very organized.”

“I had to make one more clue. I miscounted.” He climbs a few stairs. His long fingers spread wide.

With a booming voice, he says, “You all have one item on your paper. This game is both ‘I Spy’ and scavenger hunt. Find something that matches the description on your paper and bring it to me. I will determine if it’s the item I was thinking of when I wrote it down.”

Francesca snorts. “And this is where we all lose.”

“If a door is shut, there are no items in that room,” David says. “If you find Katie’s makeup bag, you get extra points because my father would like to compare its contents with her credit card bill.”

“Ha. Ha,” Kate sneers.

“Okay, go,” he says.

Francesca blows her whistle.

Adam grabs Copper, who jumps up thinking the sound is for him. Whistles weren’t used in a training capacity, that’s for sure.

I unfold my paper. “Findy Findy – ugh, really, Dave?”

He takes a swig of seltzer water.

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