Chapter 32: Harmless Lie
~ Gwen ~
"We got to talking about you," she continued, oblivious to my sudden tension. "About your parents, and you coming here to stay with me for college. He’s such a nice man. He mentioned he’d love to officially meet you. So, we arranged a dinner for tomorrow evening. Just the four of us at his place."
"The four of us?" I asked, my voice sounding a little too high.
"Yes. You, me, Scott, and his son...Yates? He’s the captain of the hockey team at your school, right?"
"He is," I managed to say, my throat feeling tight.
"Aside from what I saw the other day—you know, the two of you in the hallway—I hope you're getting along okay. It would be nice for you to have a friend close by."
I felt the heat rise in my cheeks as I remembered the day she’d walked in on
