Page 111 of Jake Forever
Selena closed her eyes and kept them shut as she said, "Uh, yeah."
I gave a shaky laugh. "Whatever you're feeling, I can totally relate. When she told me, she wasreallydescriptive. Was it that way with you, too?"
Selena opened her eyes. Slowly, she shook her head. "I wouldn’t say that."
I gave her a long look. Obviously, there was something I was missing. But what? Almost afraid to ask, I said, "Okay, what aren't you telling me?"
"Uh, well…" She hesitated. "I was there."
My mouth fell open. "What?"
"Uh, yeah." She blew out a long breath. "I, uh, walked in on them, actually."
"Oh, my God."
"Yeah," Selena said. "Which is why we never talk about it."
Wow. I didn't seethatcoming. "So she was embarrassed? You'd never guess, the way she talks."
"No.Shewasn't embarrassed.Iwas embarrassed. You want the truth? I'm still kind of traumatized."
From the look on her face, she wasn't lying.
I couldn’t help but stare. "I can't believe you never told me."
"I wanted to spare you. You know, that was like five years ago, and Istillwon't go near that counter."
I wanted to laugh. I did laugh, in fact, but not until Bishop had swept my sister, still looking slightly disturbed, into the car.
Watching them drive off, I couldsorelate.
In Jake's car, on our way back to his condo, he glanced over at me from the driver's seat and said, "When we get back, pack a bag, okay?"
I blinked. "A bag?"
"A bag, a suitcase, whatever."
"Why?" I asked. "For what?"
He grinned. "You'll see."
My own face froze. Desperately, I wanted to smile back, but I couldn’t, because I had a sneaky suspicion that he wouldn't be smiling either in another minute or so.
I had to tell him something. And I had the sickening feeling that he wouldn’t like it.
