The Things I Didn't Say by Kylie Fornasier

Author:Kylie Fornasier
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781760142216
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
Published: 2016-03-30T16:00:00+00:00

‘So what’s his name?’

‘Whose name?’ I say into the phone.

‘The boy who has made your voice sound like that.’

I blush even though I’m alone in my room and switch the phone to my other ear. Surely Mum didn’t tell Grandma about West. I haven’t talked to either of my parents about him yet, unless they saw the kiss on the verandah but I don’t think they did. I’m not ready to tell them, or anyone really. Partly because of the big deal my parents will make and partly because of the thought that keeps bugging me – will it last anyway?

We didn’t see my grandma over Easter. Normally, she comes to visit but she had the opening of a new exhibition at her gallery in Melbourne, so she couldn’t make it. But among her many talents, mind-reading is not one of them. So I ask her how she knew.

‘You’re a seventeen-year-old girl and you sound beyond happy. What else could it be, if not a boy?’

After a pause, I say, ‘His name is West, but don’t say anything to Mum or Dad.’

‘So what’s he like?’

‘He’s really nice and understanding. He’s away for the holidays with his parents at their holiday house at Jervis Bay. He’s the sort of guy you miss even after only a few days.’

‘That’s the sort you want. It’s really great to hear, Piper. Your parents worry about you a lot but I never have. I always knew you’d be just fine.’

‘Thanks, Grandma.’

‘Is your mother home?’

‘No, she’s taken Evie and Tilly to ballet. I’ll get her to call you when she gets back.’

‘Thanks, love.’

After I say goodbye and hang up, I open my laptop and see that West is online. We’ve been messaging each other every day.

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