Adam had lost his mind. Lost it completely. Maybe it had been addled by the sun. Or burned by the wind. Something.
He tore his eyes from Janey’s stunned ones and looked at Jess. “Hey, that was a secret, remember?”
Jess’s eyes rounded and his half-tanned, half-sunburned face paled when he added, “You want me to spill your secrets?”
The boy shook his head, and Adam nodded before looking at Drew, who gaped at him like he’d never seen Adam with a woman.
“Are you—?”
“We’re dating,” Janey blurted before Adam could say anything. She edged toward Jess as Adam’s mom and Joel entered the house.
“Oh...okay,” his mom said, taking in the scene. “What did we miss?”
“Janey and Adam are dating!” Gretchen squealed the words, her voice pitching toward intolerable levels by the last word.
A flurry of
