“Telemarketer?” Gabe asked. “Ah, no.” Michelle made a show of looking at her laptop. “It was Ava.” Gabe narrowed his eyes. “Since when do you ignore Ava?” When they’d been kids, he’d been Michelle’s best school and neighborhood friend, but Ava and Jasmine had been her best cousins. He couldn’t imagine that had changed. Michelle’s shoulders hunched. “Um . . . she still doesn’t know you’re here.” “Really?” That surprised him. “Did you ever tell your cousins about . . .” “About the day we got high and ripped each other’s clothes off?” Michelle capped her pen with a sharp snap. “Oh yeah. They know
...more
