Page 103 of The Other Side
“Maybe you can touch your necklace?” He glanced over at it. “Which I know you won’t be taking off, because my feelings would be terribly, terribly, terribly hurt. And my grandmother would probably be spinning in her grave—”
“Alright, alright,” I gave in. Because hewasright. I had planned on taking it off and squirreling it away the second we got back, too terrified to go around wearing something so valuable. “But you don’t have a necklace.”
“I’ll just put my hand over my heart. That’s where you live now anyway.” He gave me a cheesy wink, and I shoved him again.
“I’m going to have to lie to Jolene,” I said soberly. “I’m still worried about putting her in danger. If we were to be discovered, I wouldn’t want her to get in trouble for knowing. If I keep it from her, I’ll feel like an asshole, but at least she’ll have plausible deniability.”
“I know it doesn’t feel right.” He squeezed my hand. “She’d do the same thing, to keep you safe.”
“I just—this big thing has happened, and I—I wish I could share it with her. I wish I could tell her how my world has completely shifted on its axis.” I slumped against the seat. “I know you’re right. But it hurts all the same.”
“It won’t always be this way. We’re dropping the Daniel stuff, so you won’t have to worry about hiding that from her. And maybe we can talk to the headmaster and see if we can get an exception to be together or something.”
That wasn’t a terrible idea. If it had been long enough for the administration to take it seriously, and they could see that it was a real relationship, maybe they would be willing to be more open-minded.
“I’d like that.” I smiled up at Chance.
