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“Your sister has a contagious laugh,” he signs.
Yaya grins. “Just because I’m deaf doesn’t mean I have to be quiet.”
Sazuki inclines his head to her, thinks about it and then nods. “Fair point.”
Yaya’s up next.
For all her teasing, my sister’s bowling ball finds the gutter even earlier than Niko’s did.
The father daughter duo laugh and high-five.
Yaya stomps back to the bench, her eyebrows knitted. “It’s been a while,” she signs.
I shake my head. “Get it together. Don’t embarrass me out here.”
She snorts. “You are way too into this.”
“Tonight’s dinner is at stake.”
“Did you make a deal with your sexy boss?” Yaya signs.
I frown. “Don’t call him sexy.”
Her hands flutter. “It’s what he is.”
Sazuki clears his throat. “I am right here, you know.”
Yaya just winks at him.
I squeeze my eyes shut in absolute horror.
Thankfully, Sazuki is next.
He knocks down all the pins. A perfect strike.
I slow clap. “Not too bad, Sazuki.”
“I told you, I never lose. There will be many more of those in tonight’s game.”
I roll my eyes. “You’re so conceited.”
“It is not conceit if it is true,” he corrects me with a mischievous smirk.
Damn him.
But I’m smiling when I retrieve my bowling ball from the shoot. Sazuki hasn’t mentioned what he wants from me if he wins, but at this point, it doesn’t even matter. Given Niko and Yaya’s terrible bowling skills, this game will come down to him versus me.
And I refuse to let him win.
I test the weight of the ball in my hands, swinging it back and forth. Then, slowly, I approach the lane and calculate my strike. When I’m certain of my strategy, I bend over, quicken my steps and let the ball fly. A perfect strike.
“Yes!” I throw my hands up and jump in celebration.
Yaya’s on her feet, dancing around.
Niko is grinning even though these points aren’t for her team.
Sazuki is the only one wearing a scowl. There’s a hot, searing glint in his eyes. It darkens when he looks beyond me to the teenagers playing in the next lane. I glance that way too and notice the boys pointing at me.
