Chapter 19: Chapter 19

Okay, maybe some of this is about seeing Riva barely dressed.

“Are you bored?” Riva asked.

“Huh?” Daisy was so very far from bored, but she couldn’t exactly admit to what had her so absorbed.

“You haven’t turned a page in, like, fifteen minutes. Are you tired of lying here?”

“No,” she answered honestly. “I love it.” She set her book down beside her. “We’re not in school. It’s not like I have to finish the book by Wednesday or whatever.”

“Thanks for inviting me.” Riva’s lips curled into an open, genuine expression that made Daisy’s heart pound.

“Yeah. Thanks for coming. Jo doesn’t like to get up early on Sundays. And if she is awake, her parents make her go to church.”

“You don’t have church?”

“My mom likesit when I go to church, but she doesn’t make me. I go sometimes.”

“I never really went. I think my dad’s family goes, but my mom doesn’t.”