CHAPTER FIFTEEN
The girls’ faces had reddened. Watching them closely, Riley suspected they were feeling both fear and shame. She could see that Taylor was still reluctant to talk. But Daisy was crying a little and looked like she wanted to tell the truth.
Riley said, “I need the two of you to tell me everything about that party.”
The girls were silent for a long tense moment.
Then Daisy blurted, “The party was at Taylor’s house.”
Taylor let out a groan of dismay.
“Daisy, don’t do this.”
“We’ve got to tell them the truth, Taylor,” Daisy said.
Then turning toward Riley and Jenn, Daisy said, “We’d just played a great game against Blenker. Everybody wanted to celebrate. Taylor’s parents were away, so we had the party in her rec room.”
Jenn asked, “Was there drinking?”
“Well, yeah,” T
