CHAPTER 10
Scarlett
'I don't get it.'
He rubbed his face. 'I've explained it a hundred times. Honestly, it's not rocket science.'
'Yeah, but I mean how does it work?'
'You're killing me, smalls.' He whined using his favorite movie line and I elbowed his shoulder. 'How have you never played this game before? It's a f*****g classic.' He said exasperatedly. 'You choose a color. Red or blue. Then we just take turns putting in one of these.' He pointed to the plastic circle-shaped coins. 'Whoever gets four in a row, wins.'
'So, it's like tic-tac-toe, but four?'
'Sure, okay. Whatever. Can we play now?' He grunted and set the blue game between us. 'Red or blue?'
'Blue, it's my favorite color,' I said. I love blue because of your eyes, I thought. He handed me all the blue pieces and kept t
