It got quiet again, and then I had an idea. “Let’s make a whirlpool!” I said, clapping my hands together.
“You’re such a kid,” Conrad said, smiling at me and shaking his head. For the first time, it didn’t bother me when he called me a kid. It felt like a compliment.
I floated out to the middle of the pool. “Come on, guys!”
They swam over to me, and we made a circle and started to run as fast as we could. “Faster!” Jeremiah yelled, laughing.
Then we stopped, let our bodies go limp and get caught in the whirlpool we’d just made. I leaned my head back and let the current carry me.
chapter forty-six
When he called, I didn’t recognize his voice, partly because I wasn’t expecting it and partly because I was still half-asleep. He said, “I’m in my car on my way to your house. Can I see you?
