“Wasn’t Luke supposed to be at the festival tonight?”
Elle’s question echoed through Lizzie’s head as she walked. She gnawed on her lower lip as she thought about it.
“You’re right,” she said after a few moments. “He was supposed to be there tonight. He said he was going to look for us. I wonder why he didn’t show. He seemed pretty excited about it, too.”
“Maybe he showed up, but we didn’t see him,” Elle said, shrugging. “There were a lot of people there this year.”
“Maybe,” Lizzie said slowly. “But it’s strange we didn’t run into him. I figured he’d be looking for us.”
“He might have seen us with Deon and didn’t want to hang out with him,” Elle said, glancing at Lizzie.
“Maybe,” Lizzie repeated, not sounding convinced as she stared at the sidewalk.
Once they reached Ell
