The Truth Game by Anna Staniszewski

Author:Anna Staniszewski
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3, epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2016-03-10T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Whenever I go over to Evan’s house, I dread Briana opening the door. This time when I ring the bell after dinner, it’s even worse. His mom is the one whose unsmiling face greets me in the doorway.

“Oh hello, Rachel,” she says. “Come in. Evan is in the family room.” Her stiff tone makes it sound like she still sees me as the cleaning lady’s daughter and not like her son’s girlfriend, even though Mom and I haven’t cleaned the Rileys’ house in weeks. “How is your mother?”

“She’s good,” I say. “Um, busy.”

Mrs. Riley sighs. “I may have to give her a call again. Our latest housekeeper has been far from stellar.”

I bite back a smile. If Mrs. Riley tried to hire Ladybug Cleaners, I have no doubt Mom would say no. After Mom found me trying to vacuum up pieces of glass that Briana had oh-so-nicely sprinkled all over her bedroom carpet, she made it pretty clear that we were done putting up with the Riley drama. Thank goodness Evan is nothing like the rest of his family!

I find him in the family room among mountains of files. “What is all this?” I ask.

Evan sighs. “My dad asked me to help him clean out his home office. I’m supposed to sort all these files and put them in alphabetical order. It’s taking forever.”

“Need some help?” I ask.

He gives me a grateful smile. “I asked my sister, but she laughed in my face.”

“Were you really surprised?” I can’t help asking.

“I know, but I keep thinking the twin thing will kick in sometime.” Upstairs, a door slams, and Evan gives me a crooked grin. No doubt that’s Briana storming around up there.

As I sit down next to him on the carpet, I realize this is the closest I’ve been to him since our gym class kiss. I’m suddenly really aware of how much (or little) space is between us. Should I sit closer to him? Is that what couples who’ve kissed do?

I think about those couples I saw making out in the hallway. I don’t want to be obnoxious like they were, but I also don’t want to be afraid of holding hands with my own boyfriend! Now that I’ve been brave enough to kiss him, I can’t start wimping out again.

I inch toward him on the couch until our knees are less than six inches apart.

“How’s stuff going at the bakery?” he asks, leafing through a file folder. He doesn’t seem to notice that I’ve moved closer, so I scoot over a little more. Five inches apart. Four. I can practically feel the heat from his knee radiating into mine.

“Okay,” I say, and tell him about Chef Ryan finally letting me help out with one of the cakes this afternoon and about Angela’s cake.

By the time I’m finished telling him about work, I’m so close to him that our legs are actually resting against each other. Evan doesn’t move his away, so he either doesn’t notice or doesn’t mind.

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