Truly by Carmel Rhodes

Author:Carmel Rhodes [Rhodes, Carmel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: novel
Publisher: Carmel Rhodes
Published: 2020-06-10T16:00:00+00:00

Thankfully, I didn’t die on the rollercoaster. And for my bravery, I rewarded myself with deep-fried everything. Noah rewarded me with a stuffed Big Bird he won by dominating a game called the 3-Point Challenge. And I’m not even exaggerating when I say he dominated it. Noah made sinking three-point shots look so easy, he drew a crowd. Everyone thought they could beat his record. What they failed to realize was that Noah was offered full scholarships to play basketball at three different schools and will likely turn pro.

No one even came close.

He sank so many threes, the kid who ran the booth let me pick any prize I wanted. Naturally, I chose the obnoxious yellow bird and we had to take turns lugging it around the park for the rest of the day.

As promised, Noah delivered eighteen presents, some extravagant, like the earrings, and some thoughtful, like the photo album, while others were kinky, like the cowboy hat he wore while he fucked me that night. All of them held special meaning.

We load up the car after waffles the next morning, and since the diary’s next stop isn’t until Nevada, Becca and I decide to let the boys choose where we go next. Ethan Googled fishing holes, so now we are heading into the heart of Texas to stay at a roadside motel that, judging by the pictures online, looks like something from a Hitchcock film.

We ride through a small town that looks like it belongs in a teenage football drama. The kind of place where football is king, sweet tea is the beverage of choice, and you aren’t sure if the bless your heart lobbed at you is a compliment or an insult. So far, the only landmarks I recognize are Wal-Mart, McDonalds, and Exxon. Actually, if you sub out football for basketball, it’s a lot like Newton.

Becca rolls the car to a stop in front of a motel with a wagon wheel and a broken vacancy sign that simply reads: O VCAN.

“It looks...like the pictures.” She pushes on her cheer smile. The one that’s tight around the edges and fake as fuck.

“That isn’t a good thing. I bet I’m the only black person in this whole town.” I stare at the dilapidated building that resembles something from American Horror Story. Welp, I’ve made it to eighteen. I had a good run.

“You guys are being dramatic.” The car door squeaks as Ethan opens it. “It’s charming and they have great fishing here.”

“Are we still doing that?” Becca groans.

“The whole point of this stop was so that we could go fishing.” Ethan rolls his eyes at his girlfriend. “Plus, there’s kayaking and hiking. It will be great, trust me.”

“I’m not exactly outdoorsy,” Becca says, fluffing her blonde hair to prove a point. Neither am I. I grew up in Chicago. The closest thing to outdoorsy that I’ve ever gotten was that time in sixth grade when I went to a 4-H day camp with my science class.

“Don’t worry, babe, I got you.

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