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"I did, but you didn’t answer.”
Mia pulled out her phone to check and grimaced. “Sorry, it’s so noisy here. I hope you weren’t stuck for too long.”
I waved away her concern. “No, not too long. Someone was running past and came to help me, actually.”
“That’s lucky,” Nicole said. “Who was it?”
“Uh, just some guy.”
"Some guy?” Mia didn’t look impressed. “You let some random guy you met on the side of the road help you?”
“Uh, yeah.” Given the way her voice went up an octave as she spoke, I wasn’t sure if I should tell her the random guy was Reed Darling.
"This is exactly how all those true crime shows start,” she continued. “Did he try to lure you to his car with candy?”
“He wasn’t some creepy old man with a van, Mia. He was our age.”
“Was it someone from school?”
“Uh.” I hesitated before answering. I was a terrible liar, and I hadn’t been expecting my cousin to give me such an intense interrogation. “No, not our school.”
“What school then?”
My vague answers were only making her more intrigued. “I think he went to Ransom.” I muttered, making her eyes grow wide.
"Ransom?” Mia gasped. “Well, you’re lucky to be alive.”
Yeah, I definitely wasn’t telling her it was Reed. “Everything was fine, Mia. He was actually very friendly.”
“Of course, he was friendly,” Nicole said. “He was probably hitting on you.”
“No, he wasn’t.”
“He definitely was.” Mia gave me a playful nudge. “I told you if Jeremy wasn’t in the picture there’d be a line of Sunshine Prep guys just waiting to ask you out.”
Nicole reached out and touched the ends of my long, red hair. “I think it’s the hair…”
I swatted her hand away, making her grin. “How much have you guys had to drink?”
“A lot.” Mia giggled.
“So, did this Ransom guy have a name?” Nicole asked.
“And was he hot?” Mia added. The concern that had filled her voice when she’d first found out I’d met a guy from Ransom had disappeared. Apparently, it was okay to accept help from strangers in the night if they had a nice set of abs.
I didn’t want to reveal Reed’s name, so I dodged Nicole’s question and reluctantly answered Mia’s instead.
“I guess he was pretty good-looking.”
“Damn, he must have been a total hottie for you to admit that,” Mia gushed.
“Well, let’s just say he probably doesn’t have any issues getting girls.”
“Ugh, you’re totally playing this down because of Jeremy, aren’t you?” Nicole complained.
“I’m not.” I drew in a breath and peered around the room. “Speaking of Jeremy. Have you seen him tonight?”
“You don’t know if your boyfriend is here?” Nicole raised an eyebrow and folded her arms across her chest. Like Mia, she didn’t seem to care for Jeremy. I really wished my friends would just give him a shot.
