Chapter 31

“You look like maybe there’s something you want to say,” Daisy said.

Riva noticed that she was gripping her knees hard, her knuckles ashy compared to the rest of her hands. Riva did need to say something. She needed to ask for this favor, somehow. Why was there so much tension in the room, though? Riva hadn’t felt this nervous since the night Benton had asked her out. This wasn’t the way it had been writing that note to Emmy, either. Being nervous about rejection and humiliation was different from what she was feeling now. It was almost as if the change in the air between herself and Daisy would have happened whether or not Benton existed.

Riva didn’t know what that meant, either.

“I need to ask you something,” Riva said. Her voice cracked in the middle.

“Yeah?”

“Have you ever thought about kissing a girl?”

A shadow crossed Daisy’s face. “Is this about your boyfriend again? That thing he wants you to do for him?”