Take Me Home (9781455552078) by Garlock Dorothy

Author:Garlock, Dorothy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
Published: 2014-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

I SAW WHAT YOU DID.”

Olivia stopped, her sandwich raised to her open mouth, and stared at her sister. Grace sat beside her on the hardware store’s rear steps, the girl’s feet dangling over the side, a half-empty bottle of Coca-Cola in her hand. Every so often, Grace would come to share lunch with her, the two of them trading the latest in town gossip, listing their complaints about their mother, and wondering when the war might end. Today, Olivia had noticed that her sister wasn’t as talkative as usual, that she was more subdued. Now, she had a clue why.

Deep down in the pit of Olivia’s stomach, she knew what Grace was talking about, but she asked anyway. “Saw me do what?”

“Kissing the guy who saved you,” she replied, the words not accusatory, but almost matter-of-fact. “Peter…”

Olivia’s heart pounded. Ever since she and Peter had kissed, her mind had been topsy-turvy. It had been a struggle not to stare at him across the dinner table. Purposely, she’d avoided going to his room, fearful that she wouldn’t be able to control her urges. Instead, she’d lain in bed, staring up at the ceiling as the hours crawled slowly by, thinking about what she’d done, as well as what she had to do. By morning, she was no closer to a decision.

“I was coming back from the creek,” Grace continued. “Me and Joe Griffin had been down there lookin’ for frogs and I knew I had to get home quick ’fore Mother started yellin’ to beat the band. I came ’round the corner by the Kilmeades’ place and there the two of you were.”

While Olivia had enjoyed kissing Peter, it had been brazen to do so out in the open. She’d tried to comfort herself with the fact that it had been late in the day, a time when most folks were just home from work and getting ready to sit at the dinner table. Still, it had been risky. If one person with loose lips had seen them, the whole town would soon know, including Billy. But Olivia had never imagined that it would be her sister who discovered them.

Olivia didn’t know what to say. Lying wasn’t an option; not only had Grace seen them as plain as day, her sister already knew of her doubts about marrying Billy. As different as they may have been, Grace was still one of her closest friends.

“There’s somethin’ I just gotta know,” her sister began, smiling mischievously. “Who kissed who? Was it you who made the first move or did he come over and take you in his arms like they do in the movies?”

“He did,” Olivia said. “When it started, I was a little surprised.”

“Didn’t look that way when I come along.”

“How long did you watch us?”

Grace shrugged. “All the way back to the house,” she answered. “I wasn’t gonna let a show like that go without gettin’ my money’s worth.”

Olivia flushed with embarrassment. “Did you tell anyone?”

Her sister turned to glare at her.

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