Once Jason had pulled out of the driveway and was out of sight, I paused at the front door and leaned back against the wall, trying to compose myself. I was still trying to catch up with everything that had happened tonight. The double date, Carly getting sick in the bathroom …
Jake is taking care of her.
I hadn’t expected that from him, that’s for sure. I remembered Jake best as a bully from high school, the guy I’d avoid in the halls because I couldn’t face his lame insults and sneer. Never in my young life did I ever think I would see someone like Jake holding his date’s hair back as she lost her entire meal in a public restroom.
I shrugged off my jacket and shoes and went upstairs to check on Carly. If anything else had happened tonight, I would have followed them straight up the st
