Page 32 of The Spider Queen
“Cool it, Detective.”
She held up her hands in supplication, but thankfully she quieted down.
“Did you have fun with Jonah?”
“Always.” She flashed a bright smile. “So. You’re wearing his hoodie, he walked you home, and from what I saw, you guys were looking really close.”
“You only spied on us for a minute, huh?” I asked, amused against my will.
“Put me out of my misery already! Are you finally giving Hunter a chance?”
I nodded.
She squealed. “You guys wanna double date soon?”
“Whoa. Slow down there. Just because you think Jonah’s the one—”
“Shhh!” She waved her hand at me and glanced at the closed door of the bathroom. “Jonah’s still here. Keep what I said on lock down.”
I saluted her.
“You’re not wearing your glasses,” she noticed.
“Yeah.”
“Why?”
Before I could come up with a good lie, the bathroom door opened and Jonah strolled out in a towel.
“Hey, Poppy!” he greeted before striding toward Anita’s bedroom.
I looked at her and raised an eyebrow. “He’s comfortable here.”
“Yeah,” she sighed all dreamy.
“I need to get moving if I want to make it to class.”
“Okay, but I want details of your night with Hunter.”
“There’s nothing to share,” I lied.
“You’re awful. There so is. And I’m not giving up until you tell mesomething.Anything.”
She followed me toward my bedroom, and I knew if I wanted to get her off my back I had to throw her a bone. “He’s a good snuggler. There. That’s all you get.”
“Not dirty enough!” she called with a laugh as I shut the door to get some privacy. I loved my cousin, but she could be relentless.
I turned toward my dresser and stopped.
There, on the vanity, was the spider in the cube.
Chapter 11
It was impossible.
I’d thrown the damn thing into the lake.
It was supposed to be underwater.
