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“Let’s not bore River with shop talk, huh?” Through the rearview mirror, Lexi makes eye contact with her sister. “I already kept him waiting long enough.”
Deanna opens her mouth to speak but she stops herself. “Sure. I won’t bore you with the details of our wager, either.”
“You two have a wager?” Lexi asks. “Anything juicy?”
“No,” she says. “But he knows the terms. What he isn’t going to do.”
“Is this a riddle?” Lexi shakes her head. “Or is it the scotch talking?”
“You drink scotch?” I ask.
“No. She’s teasing,” Deanna says. “We had cosmos in your honor.”
Lexi lets out a sigh of pure flattery. “How sweet.” She stops at a red light and looks to me.
Again, the warmth of her attention overwhelms me.
“Did you miss me?” she asks.
I can’t find any words.
She smiles. “I’ll take that as a yes.” She looks to the street as the light turns green. “Did you really need to go to Anaheim? There’s a perfectly good bar on Main Street.”
“This seemed more like River’s vibe,” Deanna says.
She laughs. “I haven’t ever seen him wearing eyeliner.”
She’s been paying enough attention to know?
“Really, it’s more your vibe,” Lexi says. “Remember that guy you dated in high school?”
“Which one?” Deanna asks.
“The one who wore black nail polish,” Lexi says. “Who got you hooked on combat boots?”
“Mom bought my first pair of combat boots,” Deanna says.
“Who actually convinced you to listen to Joy Division,” Lexi says.
“They’re not terrible,” Deanna says.
“That’s a high compliment from her,” Lexi says. “Whatever happened to that guy?”
“I don’t know. We broke up after a few months.”
Lexi laughs. “Bored with him?”
“No.” Deanna stares out the window. “He wanted a different kind of girl.”
“One who wore even more black?”
“No. A curvy blonde,” she says. “A California girl.”
Lexi’s nose wrinkles in confusion. She isn’t putting the pieces together.
But they’re obvious. The guy wanted Lexi.
Is that Deanna’s experience with men? Even the Goth guy goes for the bubbly blonde? The contrast is appealing. I see that.
