Watercolour Smile by Jane Washington

Author:Jane Washington [Washington, Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-02-28T16:00:00+00:00

“These rumours are spreading faster than itchy underclothes spread through the Varsity team last year,” Poison said as we walked along the beach that Wednesday. “If Amber was worried about you before, you’re basically a terminal cancer to her at this point. Seriously, shorty, getting caught in the janitor’s closet with the captain of the football team?”

“I just wanted to know about the picture. Cabe was the one who made it look all scandalous.”

“That’s because Cabe’s a bona fide genius. The skankier your reputation, the more it looks like you haven’t met your pair yet.”

“I really don’t think Weston is that tuned into high school gossip.”

“He is, though. The most important kids in the entire Zev community go to this school, and he would have them reporting back to their parents with anything they hear about you or the Adairs. He’s not above paying people to stalk his golden boys. It got really bad over the last few years leading up to the cut-off age for Quillan and Silas, but since you’ve come onto the scene, you can bet your pretty little head that he has a spy in every single classroom.”

“Did he ever try to pay you?”

“He did. Clarin too.” She paused, her eyes moving to the roiling waves of the ocean. “You never asked anyone why Clarin lives at that house?”

“No…” I creased my brow in thought. “I just took it at face-value, since he’s their cousin. Why?”

“Clarin fed Weston false information about the Adairs and Quillans for years. He did it all out of love, of course. He was always closest to the golden boys, probably because they didn’t give a shit that he was gay, unlike the rest of the Weston-spawned bastard horde. Myself excluded.”

“Of course.”

“So anyway, Weston found out eventually. He killed Clarin’s mother as pay-back.”

“What?” I spun around, my hair whipping into my face. A few strands got caught in my mouth and I spat them out, grabbing Poison’s arms, my nails digging into her skin. “Tell me that was your idea of a really terrible joke… please!”

“He did it.” She winced, probably because of my grip. “I was always a little more selective with my information. I mostly pretended that I didn’t even know my own name. Weston still thinks I’m mentally retarded, or he would have been hassling me more to spy on you, I’m sure. I mean, he still gets my mother to ask me, and I do say things… obvious things, that he would know anyway. But I avoid lying.”

“I can’t believe it,” I said dumbly, my hands falling back to my sides. “That’s…”

“That’s Weston.”

“He came to my father’s funeral,” I said, turning toward the ocean again and digging my toes into the sand. I couldn’t believe that Clarin’s mother was dead. I couldn’t believe that Weston had killed her… and for something so seemingly insignificant as a few lies.

“You haven’t said much about your dad or how he died. Only that it happened.”

“We went to his house to give him money, Silas and me.

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