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Friday started off okay I ed to score the last of the strawberry freezer jam for my toast Win!

The sun was shining Double win!

And the kiss that rocked hs and smiles when it wasn’t exactly appropriate Case in point The night before at dinner, whiles like he actually cared, my mind drifted to the old mill I closed my eyes and could practically feel the heat of the sun, Trevor’s sweat-slicked skin, and the ache his kiss left me with

“Why is your face all screwed up?” That was fro an epic smiley face out of his mashed potatoes

“It’s not”

“It kind of is,” Dad said

“No,” I said, digging into my food “It’s not” My tone said “don’t bother ood thing about all the tension at ho a bitch Mo her secret and didn’t want ht if he left irl he knew

Funny how lies do that to people

But noas the Friday of the long weekend, and there was a world of possibilities before me

Trevor hadn’t asked o to the Fourth of July celebrations with hiht trip to Link’s parents’ cottage near Baton Rouge There was still tiht?

Dad had already left for his part-ti at the used car dealership in town I know But he was surprisingly good at it, mostly because everyone trusted the pastor If only they knew

Mom came down for breakfast already dressed, which surprised me She’d taken some time off work since her episode, and as far as I knew, she wasn’t due back to her office job until after the long weekend

She didn’t say a word about the crumbs left on the table or the fact that I’d put the ee She even overlooked the coffee grounds se container

Soood up or a bad up, but when she took a sip of coffee and cleared her throat, I knew right then that I wasn’t going to like what she was about to say

“I hear they’re calling for rain this weekend”