City Secrets (Canterwood Crest) by Burkhart Jessica

Author:Burkhart, Jessica [Burkhart, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2010-06-21T00:00:00+00:00

11

SUGAR HIGH

AFTER BREAKFAST ON TUESDAY MORNING Heather pushed back her chair and motioned for me to get up.

“What?” I asked.

“We’re not going riding today. My parents already left, so they’ll never know.”

“Are you sure?” I asked. “I don’t want to get caught.”

Heather smoothed her royal purple v-neck tee. “We won’t get in trouble. Relax. Since you’re here with a real New Yorker, I thought you needed to see the best parts of the city.”

I opened my mouth to defend Paige, since Heather knew I’d stayed in the city with her and Paige was a “real New Yorker” too, but I stopped myself.

“That sounds really fun,” I said. “It’ll be cool to have you show me around. Thanks.”

Heather snorted. “Please. Don’t get all soap opera-y on me. I just don’t want to go riding, and all of the places I’m taking you are spots I haven’t been to in a while and have wanted to visit.”

“Okay,” I said. “Let me grab my purse.”

“And not that you would,” Heather called after me, “but don’t wear heels. You’re going to want comfortable shoes to walk around in.”

I didn’t bother responding to her comment. Instead I walked into the guest room and grabbed my black flip-flops and my purse. I passed the full-length mirror and checked my reflection. If we were going out in the city, I wanted to look good. Maybe I’d run into a celebrity!

My dark-wash jeans looked good with my pale pink keyhole top. I’d straightened my hair this morning, and so far it hadn’t gotten wavy. The tiny amount of makeup I’d applied earlier—concealer, mascara, and blush—was still in place.

I grabbed my purse off the bed and reached for my phone on the nightstand.

The red light was blinking, which meant I had a message. I flipped open my phone and saw one new text. I opened the message. Sasha, I’m so, so sry. Pls call me? Or txt me. I just want to talk. ~Paige

I stared at the message for a few seconds before I deleted it and shoved my phone into my purse. Heather and I were going out exploring today—I didn’t have time to call or text Paige back right now.

When we got into the waiting car, Paul already seemed to know where to go.

“So are you going to tell me where we’re going or are you going to blindfold me till we get there?” I asked.

“Knew I forgot something,” Heather said. “Whatev, I’ll tell you. We’re going to Rockefeller Center,” Heather said. “Did you go there with Paige?”

“Uh, no,” I said, caught off guard. “We meant to, but we didn’t have time.”

“Good. Then you’ll get to see it right. It’s always busy, but it shouldn’t be ridiculous with a zillion people, like it is during the holidays.”

“That would be annoying.”

“It is. The tourists take pictures of everything, and you can’t move. Police try to direct them across the streets because they don’t understand how the street signs work, but you always hear on the news about someone getting hit by a taxi or something.

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