I stared at the headline for several minutes before registering the fact that Lily was calling me. I sighed and answered, patching it through the car’s speakers.
“Why didn’t you tell me?” Lily practically screamed.
“Tell you what?” I screamed back out of annoyance.
“That you and Barnett are together!”
“That’s because we’re not!” A laugh mixed with a sigh as I tried to pull myself together. “I’m relieved that you jumped to that conclusion, though, rather than the alternative.”
“That you got back together with Bob? Ew, no! Of course I didn’t think that!”
We were silent for a moment, and I contemplated starting the drive home.
“Well, if you aren’t together, then what’s with the pic? The one with you and Barnett all coz
