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Banging my fist against the door, I waited with Imani, my heart racing. Once Misty answered the door, there wasn’t any turning back. Imani would know the secret I had been keeping from her to protect myself.
Fuck.
Maybe I should leave.
Misty opened the door. “Hey, Landon.” She looked over at Imani and smiled.
“Imani, this is Misty …” I said slowly, my throat drying. “Misty, Imani.”
Misty held out a hand for Imani to shake, and Imani grabbed it hesitantly.
“How do you know each other?” Imani asked her.
“I’m Landon’s cousin and his therapist now, too,” Misty said.
Imani stared up at me with wide eyes. “Your therapist?” she whispered, eyes glossing over. She parted her lips to say something, but no words came out for the longest time. And then she finally frowned. “Landon, I’m so sorry that I … I didn’t believe you.”
Handing Misty a bag of weed, I ushered Imani back down Misty’s walkway. We weren’t supposed to stay, anyway. I just wanted Imani to know that Misty wasn’t anyone she needed to worry about.
“It’s okay,” I said.
“No, it’s not. I accused you.”
“It’s fine, Imani.”
She grabbed my hand again. “Why’re you seeing her?”
“So …” I paused. “So I can be better for you.”
In the middle of Redwood’s richest neighborhoods, Imani stopped, turned toward me, and kissed me right on the mouth, her smaller arms wrapping around my shoulders and pulling me closer. My heart thrashed against my rib cage.
It was stupid, but I had never kissed a girl I liked this much in public, like … this.
“You don’t have to do that,” she said when she pulled away.
I rested my head against hers and pulled her closer. “Yes, I do. For you and for me. I don’t want to lose you.”
