Lily by Any Other Name by Julie C. Gardner
Author:Julie C. Gardner
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: First Love, High School, Family Relationships, Love Triangle, Friendships
Publisher: Inkspell Publishing
Published: 2017-09-03T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter Sixteen: In Which She is Called a Lost Girl. Or Boy. And a Dumbass.
Conejoâs Mountainside Estates are protected by enormous, iron gates. Residents pay a hefty monthly fee to staff a security tower with a guard. The fountains on either side of the tower are already frothing with dish soap when we arrive. For years, this sudsy prank has signaled a party raging somewhere inside.
âLooks like Ivory Liquid,â Sarah notes, turning into the lane for non-Mountainside residents.
âIâll bet Madison Franklin has never done a dish in her manicured life.â
âYouâre so right.â Sarah snorts. âThat girlâs got more important tasks for those precious hands.â She pulls up to the guard, and I consult the secret gate-code scrawled on Madisonâs flyer. She made a kajillion copies.
Not so much a secret.
Sarah lowers the window on her Volkswagen bug. From the passenger seat, I see the guardâs badge reads Clyde Cuthbert. I also see heâs working on a sandwich thatâs roughly the size of my femur.
âGood evening, Mr. Cuthbert,â Sarah says. âWe are invitees of the Madison Franklin soirée. Ms. Sarah Steinberg and Ms. Lily Anderson. Iâm sure youâll find our names on the list.â
âNo list.â Clyde wipes mustard off his mouth with his sleeve. âJust need the code.â
Sarah bats her lashes. âLucky for you, weâve come prepared.â She turns to me for the number.
â4-0-3-6-2,â I call out.
âYeah. My lucky day,â he says. âIâd better head to Vegas, pronto.â He hits the button to open the gates, then tackles another mouthful of sandwich. Iâm pretty sure every deli meat known to humanity is within those slices of bread.
âI like that Clyde,â says Sarah. âMaybe Iâll ask him to prom.â She pulls through the gates and makes the second left, as directed by Siri.
âPlease, Sarah. I have enough worries without you reminding me that promâs only a couple months away. Weâre about to throw ourselves into the lionâs den. I need to focus.â
âIâm just saying. Since Sammy bailed, I have limited options. If Clyde were my boyfriend, at least Iâd be well fed. Yes, sir. Iâll take the twelve-inch sub sandwich. Sir!â
âYou always were a fan of lowered expectations,â I laugh. âYou might as well ask Walt Wiener to prom.â Sarah flashes me a dark look while Siri chimes in.
Turn left onto Morning View Lane.
âThis is her street,â I say. âI think sheâs on top.â
âNaturally.â Sarah smirks.
As we roll up the steep incline, I can already feel music thumping in my chest. Or maybe itâs my heart. In any case, my bodyâs pulsating. And not with excitement.
âI still canât believe the Franklins got the Breach Boys to perform,â says Sarah. She shakes her head and squints out her windshield as if she might be able to make out their lead singer from the driverâs seat. âIâm getting all steamy thinking about seeing Brady Breach in person.â She sighs. âAnd Madison actually knows him. Remind me again. Why am I not best friends with the girl?â
âBecause she represents everything you despise about females?â
âRight.â
âBut seriously, Sar. Forget about Brady Breach for a second and promise you wonât ditch me tonight.
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