CHAPTER 16 Peyton was welcomed into the house with screaming from her mother. “Peyton!” she squealed as she ran over and hugged her tightly. “Peyton! I can’t believe what I just saw! I can’t believe he just kissed you! Like actually kissed you. Oh, I never thought I could be so happy, honey. Are you happy? What happened? What did he say? What about the blonde? You have to tell me everything!” “Mom! You were spying on us?” Peyton said, feeling completely embarrassed. “It wasn’t just me! Your dad was too,” she informed her. “What?” Peyton screeched. “Dad?” She spun around and saw her dad sitting in his chair, flipping through channels again and trying to act nonchalant. “Honey, we were both curious to see whether or not he would come back to his car hand in hand with you or with an imp

