I won’t be able to sneak by without them seeing me in this costume. XXX “Sorry, I can’t offer you my jacket. She held her hand up to her chest, pretending to be looking at a phone. It had to happen soon, it was the only thing that could happen, the only reality she could accept. Glancing, Carter saw it was their acquaintance from school getting out of the car. You don’t seem to realize that you’ve grown, like four inches this year. “Shit.”
“Head back to the gazebo?”
“Yeah.” Carter stepped, but froze at the back edge of the car, pushing his sister back behind it. The image of her in that costume seemed so strange, starting with her bare shoulder, along with the bare spot just below her throat. She stood at the doorway, flipping her finger across the wood, seeing what he was watching.
