Sophie and Jake_Passports and Promises by Abigail Drake

Author:Abigail Drake [Drake, Abigail]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780997824384
Published: 2018-04-03T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

~Sophie~

Is that a Tiffany necklace?” asked Sam as we sat down to dinner the next evening.

Crap. I’d meant to tuck it into my sweater, but I couldn’t seem to stop touching it, and I accidentally left it out.

“Uh, no,” I lied. “Of course not. But it’s pretty, isn’t it?”

She narrowed her eyes, trying to get a closer look, but my mother deftly distracted her. “Have some more potatoes, Sam. You look so thin.”

She did look thin, and pale. Also, a strange sadness lurked in her eyes that hadn’t been there before Dylan. It had shocked me to see her like this at Thanksgiving, and it was equally shocking to see her like this now. Would she ever be back to being the old Sam again? I had to wonder at this point. I couldn’t even remember the last time I’d heard her laugh. It may have been months ago.

Although great to see her again, I hadn’t realized how difficult it would be to keep my relationship with Jake a secret. I’d never hidden anything from Sam before, and not telling her about something this important was torture. It caused a chasm to grow between us. I wondered if Sam felt it, too. She seemed pretty wrapped up in herself and her own pain. She couldn’t seem to focus on much else.

It was kind of a good thing when I got strep throat and ended up in bed, too sore and sick to hang out with my sister the first few days she was home. My mom kept Sam away from me until the antibiotics had a chance to kick in. She didn’t want Sam to get sick, too. Not on top of everything else. Not right before she left for Japan.

Jake and I chatted each night, and frequent Skyping got us through the long weeks. So did our plans for January. Jake’s parents owned a house in the mountains near a popular ski resort, and they’d invited me to come for a weekend. It worked out perfectly because the weekend they planned was right after Sam left for Japan.

“I’ll pick you up on my way to the cabin,” said Jake one night as we Skyped. “My parents will come later, after my dad gets off work.”

“Are you sure you don’t want me to meet you there?”

He shook his head. “It’s practically on my way. I don’t mind. And it’ll give us more time together.”

I touched the screen of my laptop with my fingertip. It was late in the evening, and we both had school tomorrow, but I didn’t want to hang up. Just looking at his face made me so happy.

“I can’t wait.”

“Neither can I.”

He had stubble on cheeks, and he seemed tired. I remembered how my mom said he looked older than eighteen, and I had to admit she was right. It wasn’t only his height and bone structure, which was more chiseled and mature than most of the baby faced boys I knew. It was something in his eyes.

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