The sun had begun to settle into a warm amber glow as Carolina returned from her picnic, her face flushed—not just from the sun, but from something else entirely. She pushed open the cabin door, and Katherine sat up immediately from her bed where she’d been flipping through a wellness brochure without really reading it.
Katherine grinned wide. “Girl, tell me everything. Don’t even act like nothing happened. What went down at Willow Lake?”
Carolina paused at the door, biting her lip, cheeks blooming a deep pink.
“Oh. My. God.” Katherine sat all the way up. “Why are you blushing like that? Talk!”
Carolina laughed, shy and giddy, and walked to the bed opposite Katherine’s, sitting down with her legs crossed under her. “We… kissed.”
Katherine’s eyes widened. “What do you mean you kissed?!
