“See what?”
She grinned.
“He likes me.”
That was the moment something in me hardened. Not because I believed her, but because she did. After everything I’d said, after Andrew had told her to stop, she was still treating the whole thing like a private game she expected to win.
He was gone for almost five minutes.
Everyone watched him set it in front of Eliza.
By the time he came back, the whole room felt tense.
Andrew returned carrying a covered silver serving dish.
Everyone watched him set it in front of Eliza.
She smiled like she’d won something.
“I knew you liked me.”
Andrew lifted the cover.
A strip of blue tape was wrapped around the top.
There was no food underneath.
Just a key.
A strip of blue tape was wrapped around the top.
Eliza shot to her feet.
“No! How could you do this to me?”
So did I.
It was our missing emergency key.
I recognized it immediately.
It was our missing emergency key.
My eyes went from the key to Andrew.
“When you were here yesterday, you pulled your phone out of your purse and this fell onto the floor,” he said.
Eliza pointed at him.
