You Don't Know Me Like That (Rumor Central) by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

Author:ReShonda Tate Billingsley [Billingsley, ReShonda Tate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780758289537
Amazon: 0758289537
Publisher: K-Teen/Dafina
Published: 2013-09-24T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

This was getting ridiculous. First J. Love, now Shay. I did enough dirt digging on my own. I didn’t need anyone attributing something I didn’t do to me. And Sheridan was right about one thing. I didn’t start having these problems until Jayla came around. That’s why I was speeding toward her house right now. I hoped this stupid Google Maps didn’t send me all over the place.

I was going to get to the bottom of this now. I’d tried to find Jayla at school, but I couldn’t catch up with her. Then, one of her friends had told me she’d gone home early. As I drove to her house, it dawned on me that it was a good twenty minutes away; it made no sense that she would drive this far to come to Miami High.

I dialed her number again, and once again, it went straight to voice mail. I thought about calling Tamara, but I didn’t need her trying to give me the “let me handle it” speech. This had gone too far, and Jayla was going to give me some answers whether she wanted to or not.

After getting turned around a few times, I finally found Jayla’s place. Her car was there, so she’d obviously made it home.

I knocked on her door. No one answered, so I pulled out my phone and dialed her number again. Still no answer. For a minute, I thought maybe no one was there, but then I saw the curtain move like someone was peeping out.

“Jayla, open the door,” I yelled. “I see you’re in there.”

“I’m coming,” she called out. It took a few more minutes, but she finally opened the door. She had on a Hello Kitty bathrobe.

“Maya, what’s up?” She caught me eyeing her robe and pulled it tighter. “I was taking a shower because I have somewhere to be in a few minutes.”

The look on her face answered my question. She knew I was here about Shay. She was absolutely terrified. I pushed past her and into her living room. Even though she was standing in the door as if she was trying to block me. “So I guess I know why you’re not answering my calls.”

“Wh-what are you talking about?” she stammered, following me in.

I spun around to face her. “Wh-wh-what do you think?” I said, mocking her.

“Maya, it’s not like that at all,” she said, all flustered.

“Not like what? You’re the only person that can go in the website and change stuff.”

She stopped, frowned, then said, “Wait a minute, what are you talking about?”

It was my turn to frown. “I’m talking about the Rumor Central website. What did you think I was talking about?”

I swear, I saw a look of relief pass over her face, and then she said, “No, I mean, I thought that’s what you were talking about. I just didn’t understand what you were mad about.”

“You don’t understand? I’m mad because of this blatant lie you posted about Shay Turner’s dad, attributing it to me.

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