Their Little White Lie
I was still staring at the screen, trying to catch the words my brain was throwing at me, but I couldn’t keep up.
I could think of a thousand things I wanted to say.
I just couldn’t figure out the one way to say them.
“What’s wrong with her?” Mum asked, lifting herself onto the counter as her eyes followed me.
Mum was still in her nightdress—a teal silk gown—and her feet dangled over the edge.
“I may have gotten her a spot in an exposition,” Jo said to mum.
I closed the laptop, sighing as I did.
“If I keep looking at the text and seeing her profile picture smile at me from the top right corner, I won’t be able to write anything, and I need to seal this deal,” I rushed out, caught in a burst
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