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It wasn’t. The wall looked like it was going to split in the middle where the two cubicles attached to each other.
Colton pointed to the sign on the wall. “But it says going over is the only way to the end.”
Climb over and through.
That’s the only way to
The End
“This sign doesn’t belong here.” It probably belonged back where the pyramid things were, now that I thought about it. I pulled it off the wall with a satisfying rip, right as about eight museum employees rounded the corner, looking very official. And angry. And scared.
It was a shame. Because this maze was actually really awesome. And we were about to get kicked out.
Chapter 30 – Denver
Our entire group was escorted out of the museum. The four tween girls who did the sign switching, Colton and Ainsley for being dumb enough to climb over a wall, and me and Sadie for running. We’d kind of forgotten the no-running rule the second we saw Ainsley eight feet up.
Not that Sadie and I wouldn’t have left with them anyway. We were responsible for Colton having a good time on this date, and we’d done a terrible job. The least we could do was go out for pancakes at IHOP with him afterwards at his suggestion.
We were shocked when Ainsley decided to come along, too.
I gave Colton a little man-to-man advice via text while we were waiting for our food. Everyone stuck their foot in their mouth from time to time, but it didn’t have to be a deal-breaker. If he liked Ainsley, and he admitted he did, then they needed to start over.
He apologized for insinuating that it was immoral to have a beta fish as a pet and told her he couldn’t wait to see her Harry Styles fashion tracker. By the time we left, the two of them were holding hands under the table.
“You’re a genius,” I told Sadie, grabbing her door for her before she got in to drive us home. Well, nothomehome. I’d left my Jeep at her apartment complex.
She slid into the driver’s seat and looked up at me. “I don’t feel like a genius.”
“You successfully matched him.”
“You don’t actually think those two are going to work out, do you?”
I laughed. “Maybe not. But they’re going to try, and he’s going to learn so much from this.” I shut her door and went around and got in on the other side, buckling my seatbelt first thing. “Who knows? Because of you, he might have a shot at love.”
Sadie backed us out of the parking lot, shaking her head. “Your positivity is a gift to the world.”
“I’m going to take that as a compliment.”
“You should. I’m being serious.”
Was she really? I didn’t know what to say.
“No one ever believes I’m giving compliments. Maybe if I threw them around like confetti the way you do, they’d trust it.” She said it teasingly, but I sensed real frustration behind her words. Sometimes the hardest part of changing was getting the people around you to let you.
And it wasn’t that Sadie was in need of some personality makeover. It was more of an unearthing—where she could be all of herself and know no one would take advantage of it. They’d better not, or they’d be answering to me.
I reached out and tucked a wayward strand of her hair behind her ear. “Sadie, you are this mysterious person with depth and layers to you that I’m still working my way through. I like you that way.”
She stared at the road ahead and took in a deep breath, one that lifted her shoulders before she let it out. “Thank you.”
“You’re welcome.”
She shifted in her seat. “So, I’m going to compliment you again. Are you ready?”
“So ready.” I cracked my knuckles.
“See, you’re not even taking this seriously.”
