EIGHT
“IT WAS JUST A KISS.”
“You said that three times already. Would you turn off that light?” Sarah plumped up a pillow behind her, and tucked the coverlet firmly over her legs before sitting back.
“A perfectly innocent kiss!”
“Honey, there was nothing innocent about that kiss,” she said with a knowing look.
I stomped over to the light she had left burning on the desk and turned it off, feeling awkward and unsure of myself. I don’t know why I felt compelled to explain that the kiss Theo and I shared was not what it seemed, but there I was, wringing my hands as I tried to sort through my emotions and thoughts.
“I find him physically attractive even though he’s got some issues,” I explained. “There’s nothing wrong with a healthy libido.”
“Nothing at all, especially when the recipien
