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“I’m goingover to the Bennet’s house; do you want to come?” Poppy stuck her head around the door.
“No, I don’t think so. But thanks for asking.” I barely made eye contact with her, staring at the ceiling instead.
“A little birdie told me Kaiden Thatcher and his friends are over there…”
“They are?” I frowned.
“Yeah, Aaron invited them or something. Anyway, they’re holed up in the den and Sofia wants to go annoy them. You should come.”
“I don’t know…” I was sure Kaiden wouldn’t want me there.
“People are never going to notice you if you spend your life hiding away,” she said.
“People?” I finally sat up and met her soft gaze. It was like looking at Mom; they were so similar.
“Boys… one boy in particular. You know what I mean.” The corner of her mouth tipped. “I think you should come.”
“It’s probably not a good idea.”
“Because…”
Because Kaiden kissed me and then couldn’t get away from me fast enough when he found out about Dad.
“See. You can’t think of a reason. Let’s go.”
“Poppy, I’m not sure—”
“What’s the worst that can happen? You’ve been to the Bennet’s house hundreds of times. It’s familiar territory. Sofia will tease the guys for ten minutes then get bored and we can hang out in her room. I already invited Ashleigh.”
“What about Peyton?”
“She’s working a double shift at Cindy’s.”
“She works too hard,” I murmured.
“Yeah, but you know how she feels about paying her own way.”
Sometimes I wondered if it was more than that. If being with us was too much of a reminder of everything she didn’t have.
“Yeah, I guess.”
“So you’ll come?”
“I don’t—” The blare of my cell cut me off. I snatched it up and pressed it to my ear. “Hello.”
“Did Poppy tell you the plans?” Ashleigh said.
“Yeah, but I’m not sure—”
“You have to come. Besides, it might be the last chance we get to use the pool.”
“Pool?”
“Yeah, didn’t Pops tell you? We’re taking our bathing suits.”
“You know I don’t swim.” Not in public at least.
“Come on. Please?”
