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Chapter 68

“I’ve been thinking a lot,” she said.

“It would have been nice if you had done some of that with me instead of on your own.”

Terrell stirred. Great.Now Riva was aware of the things twoboys wanted to say. She could practically hear Terrell’s voice in her head. Riva’s not allowed to think by herself now?

She almost repeated the line to Benton, but wasn’t this all about talking for herself? She didn’t need to say Terrell’s lines for him any more than she needed to say Benton’s. Riva searched for how shewanted to answer.

“Benton, I’m here now,” Riva said. “What did you want to tell me?”

“I can’t in front of your cousin.”

She winced. “I’m sorry, but we don’t have a choice. He’s got to stay.”

“So you want him knowing all our private stuff?”

She glanced at Terrell. She’d already told him plenty, but that didn’t make it comfortable to air things out with Benton in front of him. “I trust him,” she said instead, hedging.

“So you trust him to hear that I’m scared you’re a lesbian?”