THE next morning, Avery found Jamie as soon as she could and pulled him aside to explain everything she’d talked about with Myra.
To his credit, Jamie didn’t offer any judgement, or say how odd it was, what she wanted to do, and how difficult it would be to do that without either of them getting into trouble. He just nodded, pursed his lips and promised to figure out a way.
And, apparently, he did.
He texted her, right at the end of school. Something about Stacy having a party that night, so he could sneak her out after the twins were asleep, and she could go to a field and just…kick a ball around.
Which was as sound a plan as any, Avery guessed, and it wasn’t like they could come up with anything better. At least this way there was less risk, unlike when she’d gone to the party in t
