True Colors by Melissa Pearl

Author:Melissa Pearl
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 1630990094
Publisher: Evatopia Press
Published: 2014-02-12T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

I spent the rest of the night and most of Friday researching Liam Donovan and got nowhere. The guy was an enigma. No one knew his history and none of my friends seemed bothered by the fact he was so mysterious. If anything, it made him more appealing.

In the hopes of finding out more, I decided to spend as much of the weekend with my usual crowd as possible. Surely I’d spot something new outside of the school setting.

I traveled with Stella to the Friday night away game. It was at Malibu High School. Stella was still flirting with the role of ice queen when it came to our friendship, but it was nothing I hadn’t experienced before. I kept the conversation focused on her, reading her the entire time in an attempt to keep her happy.

It was probably slightly selfish of me, but I needed to stay close to Stella in order to stay close to the people I was investigating. I grinned. Investigating. What was I? A cop?

We eased across the bench seat and found a place next to Indie. She seemed lighter tonight, less stressed somehow.

“Where’s Liam?” Stella asked as we took a seat beside her.

“He’s hanging out with his brother tonight. We’ll see him after the game.”

She was lying.

Not about seeing him after the game, but about what he was up to.

She took a sip from her water bottle and grinned at me. I smiled back, wanting to put her at ease. This was a good chance to make her feel comfortable with me. Maybe if I kept the chatter light and easy, she’d let something slip.

“So, who do you think’ll win?”

“Us, of course.” We chuckled. “With Micah playing we’ve always got a good shot.”

I liked the way she said his name. There was a gentle admiration to it. I was already reading her, but had to peel back a second layer to see a soft blush lighting her cheeks. Did she like Micah?

As our team ran onto the court we all stood to cheer. Her mouth opened with a big whoop. She was watching Micah, his large hand held the basketball easily as he pointed at his team, directing them through a few quick warm ups.

Indie couldn’t take her eyes off him as he easily danced around the court. I peeled back another layer, past the affection and spotted the caged longing. Tears glistened in her eyes, her face pinching tight as she tried to deny herself the desire she felt. Another layer later and I was once again looking at that stark, white fear.

It unnerved me, so I quickly layered her back up until I was looking at the Indie everyone admired.

“So, I didn’t know Liam had a brother.” Poor girl, I knew the last thing she felt like talking about was her boyfriend when she finally had a night to herself.

I spotted a flash of irritation as she cleared her throat. “He’s in college, I think. I’m not sure. Liam doesn’t talk about him much.

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