Jay?”
I was about to protest again, but I only managed to say: “Mmmp!” because Jay had taken my face in her hands and kissed me on the mouth. She was far too interested in my business, just like a certain sneaky blue-striped panda of a sister. XXX Speaking of birthdays, my own birthday was coming up. I did write it down immediately, like I had occasionally done with some other fantasies I’d had. She had even smiled strangely at me when she had blown the candles on her birthday. Jay looked at me with new adoring eyes, and mom said to us: “Sometimes love can be found closer than you think.”
“I understand that now,” I said. I panicked and leafed through my bills and cards several times, but the letters most definitely were not in there. It might well have been, if I had not screwed
