Page 75 of Heart of Gold
“Ok, and Liv?”
“Hmm?”
“Have you heard anything about Raelynn?”
She doesn’t immediately answer because I know she’s worried that I’ll spiral. “Just tell me, please.”
“I have.”
I take a deep breath, trying to decide if I really want to know anything else, “And?”
“She’s home. Her court date is set, but Quinn, let me handle the things here at home. You just worry about school.”
I contemplate whether or not I should tell her about Gavin, but ultimately I cave. “Do you remember that guy I met on the cruise?”
“Yeah, the dark haired Greek God? What was his name again? You told me but I can’t remember.”
“It’s Gavin.”
“Yeah that doesn’t seem right, but what about him?”
I smile, thinking about how I probably told her it was Phoenix.
“He’s here.”
“He came to visit you?” She asks.
I smile just thinking about him, “No, he goes here.”
“What!” Liv gasps. “That’s crazy.”
“Yeah,” I admit. “And he plays football.”
Quickly she understands, “With Grayson.”
I give her a play by play of the last few weeks, and finally she speaks up. “You deserve to be happy, sis. Don’t let Grayson have any of that control back.”
We say goodbye and I promise to call her tomorrow after my History test to let her know how I did.
“Are you going to the game on Saturday?” Ava asks from the bathroom, where she’s currently putting on her makeup.
“I dunno,” I sigh. “Doesn’t really seem like a good idea.”
She walks to the doorway with a makeup brush in her hand, “Sure it does.”
I roll my eyes, “Yep, the campus whore there to see all her men.”
Ava gets her phone and trusts it at me. “Or just one man.”
I stare at the screen and instantly know what I’m looking at. It’s Gavin’s Instagram. The most recent post is a picture of us at the animal shelter with Daisy, and as I swipe I see some more pictures. Pictures I didn’t even know that he’d taken. The last one really hits me in the chest. It’s a picture of me on the cruise, staring out over the balcony.
The caption makes my stomach flutter.
Heart of Gold.
Ava smiles, “Looks like loverboy took matters into his own hands.”
I read through some of the comments before Ava has the chance to take her phone back.
