AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“Fuck Trevor.” Admittedly, it was a poor choice of words by me. “That dude is an idiot. I mean, Look at him—he’s got like seven hairs on his fucking face, and he pretends it’s a beard. It’s ridiculous. And Darci’s just as bad. I’m pretty sure if someone were to dissect her, they wouldn’t even find a brain in there. There would just be like…a shoe,maybe. Or a selfie. Or a library of TikTok dance moves.”
She laughs and—
“Did you just snort?”
“No,” she says, still laughing.
“Youdid. That’s adorable,” I tell her. “I’m serious, Ally. Darci’s as shallow as a fucking shower. And far less useful.”
“That’s what every guy seems to like, though.”
“Not every guy. Not me.”
“Because she’s your sister.”
“Don’t call her—I have a sister, okay? And she’s cool. Darci is not my sister. And no, not me. Because I don’t do shallow.”
“You don’t?”
“No way,” I tell her. “I wanna go swimming.”
Her lips part like she wants to say something, but she doesn’t. She stays quiet, and even though the room is dark, I can feel hereyes studying me.
“Do you want to go swimming, Ally?”
“What?” she asks. She turns toward the sliding door leading out to the backyard. “It’s too cold to get in the pool.”
“You know what I mean.”
Before she can answer, we hear footsteps coming down the stairs.
“Do you think she knows?” Trevor asks.
“Yeah, obviously she knows,” Darci says, the last part coming out with a laugh. “She has eyes.”
“Well, maybe we can just tell her that—”
“Listen, you know I love Ally to death, but you realize you’re wasting your time with her, right? She’s not even allowed to have a phone. She’s barely allowed to leave the house, and I know for a fact that she is not allowed to date. I don’t even think she’s ever been with a guy. I mean…she says she has, but I think she’s lying. Her aunt and uncle won’t even let her ride in other people’s cars.”
“Shit,” he says. “I didn’t know it was that bad.”
“Yeah, it’s really sad, honestly.”
I hear Ally suck in a breath next to me. Unfortunately, I think a lot of that—if not all of it—is true.
“Anyway, I’ll see you later,” Darci adds. “I should try to find her. Make sure my brother didn’t sacrifice her to the Dark Lord or some shit.”
“See ya,” he says, then closes the door behind him.
“The Dark Lord, really?” I whisper when I hear her footsteps on the stairs.“Voldemort?”
“Do you really worship Satan?” she asks.
“Does that scare you?”
“Not really. I don’t believe in that stuff.”
“Me either,” I tell her.
