Maine Squeeze by Catherine Clark

Author:Catherine Clark
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins

Chapter 24

It seemed like I had been asleep for only a few minutes when I woke up again, but I guess it had been a little longer.

The weather had changed. Now the wind was blowing fiercely, and a branch kept scraping against the window. The leaves of the trees around the house were rustling in the wind, and when I glanced out the window I saw a flash of lightning in the distance. There was a low rumble of thunder.

Somehow Evan could sleep through this. Neither he nor Hutch had moved yet. Hutch was curled up at the foot of the bed—lying right on Evan’s ankles, if I wasn’t mistaken. So. Even Hutch was drawn to those ankles.

I gently pulled off the top sheet and quietly walked to the door. I closed it behind me and went downstairs.

Starsky hated thunderstorms. He was sitting on the kitchen counter, where he knew he wasn’t supposed to be, his pupils completely black and dilated as I switched on the overhead light. “It’s okay,” I whispered, rubbing his head.

I poured myself a glass of milk and stirred in a spoonful of chocolate syrup. When I sat down, I found that I was face-to-face with the infamous poster board of house rules.

I felt this nervous gnawing in my stomach that the milk wouldn’t help. I was really breaking the rules here. My parents trusted me so much. They’d felt okay leaving me here for ten weeks because they did trust me, because I was almost always responsible. And now, what? My boyfriend, or whatever Evan was to me, was asleep upstairs.

All I could say in my defense? Sticking to the rules wasn’t nearly as easy as it looked. I went down the list.

1. No drugs or alcohol allowed.

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