Sarah took this as a confirmation. “You’re such an id–” she stopped herself before she said it. “Why the hell did you fill out all the forms for the exchange year application and make plans and act as if you were really into it?” She was getting louder now. Avoiding eye contact, Joe shrugged again
“Let’s blame it on the timing then!” she said with sarcastic generosity. “The timing and Dad and D for being oh-so-pushy and – oh, I almost forgot – probably some incredible sex on the side. Right? I mean, you didn’t explicitly mention it, but judging from the woman involved, I assume sex played a r
Sarah shrugged. “Where else?” Joe still looked baffled. “I was at home that morning,” he said. “I definitely was at home. By myself. And I tried to call Danny from Mom and Dad’s landline because I couldn’t find my phone.” Suddenly he turned pale and looked like he had just had a very scary vision.
In the café’s parking lot, Joe told Sarah that he needed to go by an electronics store on the way home to buy a charger for his phone. That was only half the truth, of course. Even though he hadn’t brought his charger, he still had the one for the car. And with his phone currently being turned off
Of course, if something like that had happened, he had only himself to blame. He had been at Liz’s flat several times during the month leading up to the party. Only the first three times had really been purely to help her with her computer troubles. She had kissed him when he had been about to leav
Anyway, there she had been, purring like a cat, batting her eyes and persuaded him to meet her later for dinner. Over the course of that dinner he had had way more to drink than he should have. Right in the middle of the dinner he had received a message from Danny saying that he needed to contact t
About half an hour into the party, Jack had asked him to get some drinks from the big fridge in the basement. So he had gone downstairs. And then, just as he had been about to leave the room with the fridge and the big freezer, there had been Liz. She had been standing in the doorway in that red,
Then, even though she must have had a sufficiently good view from where she was standing, she had come down the stairs two more steps as if to have a closer look. After another moment of glaring at them, she had dismissively shaken her head and said something like, ‘Wow. So, that’s what you want, h