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I scooped upit overMrs Henney a quick wave and escaping into the hot Louisiana sun

It was a week until Fourth of July, and here in Louisiana, that meant hot The kind of hot that leaves T-shirts soaked in minutes By t

he time I reached Everly’s ho for so my shirt

Except her mom answered the door, and I didn’t think it was appropriate, her being a pastor’s wife and all

“Trevor, I…” She seemed surprised and moved so that she could see around me “Where’s Everly?”

Wait What?

Okay, this wasn’t what I’d expected, but I played along because it was obvious that Everly had been lying to her et her into trouble

I pulled out all the stops, and according to randmother, I had a lot ’em She’d told me once that I could charm the panties off a nun if I wanted to (Her words, not mine, because the words nun and panties should never be in the same sentence)

I s as I rolled back on otto think I’m a tool”

Mrs Jenkins looked relieved “Oh, yes, she left for the library about an hour ago You must be late”

“Sorry, I’ll head over there now”

Mrs Jenkins held up her hand “How has she seemed these last few days?”

Huh She’d been lying to her parents for three days?

“Okay,” I answered, taking a step back I didn’t want to have a long conversation, because I wasn’t exactly sure what else Everly had lied about

“Just okay?” Mrs Jenkins bit her botton—of what I didn’t know—but it couldn’t be anything good It was time to leave