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I see her at lance behind us The Moretti brothers are following Our bodyguards They keep their distance to give us the illusion of privacy

As a gust of cold h, Jane rolls down the sleeves of her chunky, pastel pink sweater “Do you want to talk about it?”

I twist my hair up in a messy bun Part of , but I can’t I can’t And evena lie more than a half-truth “Maybe later?” I tell her

She nods, understanding

Her understanding hurts“If it makes you feel any better, even if Akara doesn’t feel that way, I have a very strong suspicion that Banks does”

I dead-stop in place a few feet fro you think Banks likes me?”

“Oui,” she shtly

I’uard that she knows Just… “You’d be okay with that? Hi him?”

Jane begins to frown “Why wouldn’t I be?”

“I don’t know…is it fucking strange for you?” I slip on my jean jacket that I tied aroundThatcher”

“That wouldn’t bother me You realize that your mom and Moffy’s mom are sisters and your dads are brothers too?” A pair of sisters married a pair of brothers

I s me of that”

“It’s easy to forget,” she says “No one holds it against you, and if they do, I doubt they’re our friends in the first place” She hooks her arm with mine, and we continue our stroll

For a bit, we chat about her upcoet over how Jane is Team Banks

Like I’ Gilbert and there are teale

Oh God

It’s not like Jane has all the information She literally thinks Akara has permanently friend-zoned me In her mind, Team Akara doesn’t exist

When I find a good spot for cell reception near the “information center”—which really is just a corkboard with laoodbye, letting me call my sister But as she leaves and Banks comes closer, I wait to dial Winona’s number

He stuffs his hands into his blue cargo jacket “You okay?”

I want to nod, but I shake my head over and over That’s all she is toto be cruel”