“You said no?” When Nina calls me as soon as the last period bell rings, at first I think something has happened to one of our parents. But if it were really an emergency, she would have had Principal Davenport notify me during class.
“Excuse me?” News really does travel at lightning speed in a small town like this. Who else knows? Mom? Dad? Then I remember Nina’s weekly lunch date with Kay. They must have talked.
“You said no to the best thing that has ever happened to you?” Nina asks. I was not expecting this from my own sister.
“Nina, please.” I’m still in the classroom. I just switched my phone back on. My head is still full of the class I just taught and the kids who just left the room. “Give me a break.”
“I’m outside the school. Meet me.”
“Jesus.” I hiss into my phone. “What’s g
