Terrell considered how to approach the issue without giving himself away. “So, you’ve got two main problems,” he said after a minute.
“Yeah. Their names are Daisy and Benton.”
He shook his head. “That’s not what I mean. The first problem is what to do about these people. You’d be confused even if Daisy was Dylan or if Benton was Brenda.”
“I guess.”
“You like somebody who’s not your boyfriend, and…your boyfriend is sort of a jerk.”
She opened her mouth. She obviously wanted to correct him, but he gave her a stern look and she closed it again.
“He’s a jerk,” Terrell said. “He pushed you into something you didn’t want to do.”
“But I did want to do it!” Riva said. “I wanted to kiss Daisy. Maybe he saw something about me…”