The Revenge Plan
“Because sweet sounds a hell of a lot worse than awesome.”
He rolled his eyes. “Awesome would’ve been an obvious lie. No one would’ve believed you were awesome your first time off the bench. Bad would’ve been bad. But sweet... Sweet is good.”
“Sweet is good?” I repeated, staring him down, trying to ascertain if he was lying.
He nodded, staring right back. “Trust me, sweet is very, very good.”
“Okay,” I said, relieved to hear that, at least. “I guess I’ll take sweet, then.”