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And very quietly.
I look over at him, his gaze only slightly turned toward her, but it’s stern.
I glance back at her, and she starts to spin, but then she wobbles. I grab the door handle, and I feel Kade jolt, but then she throws out her arms, twirls, and drops back down to the street next to my car.
I breathe hard, my pulse racing. She quirks a smile and walks back the way we just came, toward the Falls.
“Shit,” I grumble, laughing under my breath.
I look over at Kade, but he’s not smiling. Eyes flat, he shifts intoDriveand hits the gas, any sign that he’s in a good mood now gone.
Reaching into the glovebox, I take out a coin and flip it over the bridge as we head into Weston.
By the time we get to school, the parking lot is packed. Most people have been here for a couple of hours already,and we stroll in, finding the gym crowded. People dance, surrounded by tables and balloons and whatever else parents were able to donate, and I spot Farrow and Constin hanging by the drinks.
Surprisingly, they’re in suits, which concerns me more than I would ever admit. They don’t look like students anymore.
A year from now, they’ll be far from it if Dewitt is correct.
Constin’s outfit is black, including his shirt, while Farrow’s shirt is white like mine. None of us wear ties.
I approach, and they eye my brother at my side. I realize that having him over here last night might’ve been okay, but maybe not twice.
In any case, Kade holds out his hand to Farrow, all of us sober now.
“No hard feelings,” Kade says.
Farrow quirks a smile and shakes hands with him. “Oh, there are lots of hard feelings, but…not tonight. Be our guest.”
Kade’s happy with that and spots Arlet off to our right, moving to join her, while Constin heads to the dance floor.
“So, what happens Monday?” Farrow asks me when we’re alone.
I move in closer. “I think I have to go home.” I stare out at the crowd with him. “I’m missing my little sister grow up. And I’m going to need my brother.”
Now that I know he wants me close to him and has always wanted that, I need to make up for lost time.
I try to tamp down my grin. “Of course, I’ll miss having you as a roommate…and a…”
I look to him, and he chuckles. “Don’t youfucking call me uncle.”
We laugh, the truth finally out. He’s Ciaran’s son. I’m guessing my grandfather didn’t know until Farrow was older, otherwise he would’ve raised him and Farrow would’ve been in our lives from the beginning.
“When did you know that I knew?” I ask him.
“Every damn time you looked at that picture too closely.”
“The resemblance is severe,” I admit, remembering the photo at the barber shop. “You think if we just invite you to dinner my mother will figure it out?”
He smiles, looking amused, but then his face falls a little, looking serious. “Don’t tell her.”
I stare at him.
Someone has to tell her.
“It’s not my place,” I point out. “It’s yours and Ciaran’s, but she needs to know.”
My mom grew up largely alone. She’d love to find out she has a sibling. I can’t keep something like that from her forever.
