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“Cricket?” we heard Ethan call out.
Cricket let out a panicked gasp and pushed me away. She separated herself from me by sliding down the shelf. All I could do was stare at her in disbelief.
“I cheated,” she said, placing her hand over her mouth as if in disgust.
“With who?” I bit, frustrated beyond belief that she was abandoning me yet again.
“You!” she whisper yelled.
“We haven’t even kissed!” I yelled low.
“I’m an awful person,” she said desperately. “I cheated.”
“You are an awful person,” I replied with acid and she began to cry. “But not because you supposedly cheated. It’s because you haven’t really been with Ethan for months now, yet you keep stringing him along. Just like me. You’re cruel, Cricket Hunt. And I’m officially done with you.”
“Wait!” she begged. “Please, let me explain. I’m ready to tell you everything. You have to understand!”
“Not a chance. I’m done with you,” I told her and meant it.
I launched myself from the pool and headed straight for the campsite.
“Where’s Cricket?” Ethan asked me.
“Back there,” I told him. With my heart.
Chapter Thirty
The next morning, Jonah “knocked” on my tent. I sat up and unzipped it for him.
“What!” I howled.
“Dang!” Jonah laughed. “What crawled into your sleeping bag?”
“Your cousin did.”
“What?”
I laughed. “No, I just meant that I officially have decided to get over Cricket Hunt.”
Jonah sat on his haunches. “What happened?”
“Nothing,” I said, yanking my hair at the sides.
“I can see that.”
“Bite me.”
“Yowza. Sounds like she did a number on you. Is that where you were gone to last night?”
“Yeah, I was off getting tortured by your cousin.”
“Now, wait a minute, did she, uh, tell you anything?”
“No! And I swear, I’m recommending you all for the CIA.”
Jonah laughed. “All right, well, I’m taking Ethan hunting with Eugie for breakfast. You want to come?”
“Hell no! I want as far away from him as well.”
