“It was fine. Normal,” I muttered, dropping Cayden’s hot look and staring at my plate. “Well, normal is good. Lily is a straight-A student,” my mom bragged to Cayden. “Is that right? Well done, senior year is hard.” I risked a glance at Cayden. He had his mask firmly in place. Cool politeness. My parents were falling for it. “Well, you can get on track, too.” My dad smiled at Cayden. “Hade Harbor is a great school. Of course, your focus should be on hockey, but you’ll still have a much better senior year academically than back in Midnight Falls.”
