Better Than Revenge (Sweet Secrets #1) by Taylor Henderson Read Free Book Online

thrown up all over her room. Every inch was filled with bright colors and stuffed animals of all shapes and sizes. On the ceiling were glow in the dark stars that Lilly had begged me to buy for her at the store last month. Finally, tucked beneath a thick Dora The Explorer comforter was Lilly’s sleeping figure. I walked farther into her bedroom and pulled back the comforter to see a peaceful Lilly.
    Her thick and curly eyelashes almost grazed her eyelids even when they were closed. Her small chest gently rose and fell with every breath, and her plump round cheeks were rosy and red. Her sleeping state was so peaceful that I felt bad about having to wake her up. I brushed a few strands of wavy brown hair from out of her eyes before I gently shook her shoulder.
    “Lilly. Wake up Lilly Hill Billy,” I said in a sing song voice.
    After a few calls, she yawned and opened up her big brown eyes. When she saw me a smile broke out on her face, giving me a front-row view of her toothless mouth. She had just started losing her baby teeth recently, and she had only lost two so far so I guess you couldn't really say her mouth was “toothless” yet, but whatever. I leaned down and planted a kiss on her forehead.
    “Hey Lizzie,” she mumbled groggily, waking up. Suddenly an excited expression crossed onto her face. “Guess what I got today! A wipe board! Mommy says I can use it to work on my letters for Kindergarten next year!” Her eyes twinkled as she spoke. Lilly always would ask for me to guess something, but she never gave me the chance to actually guess. Thank goodness she didn’t because I’m a terrible guesser anyway.
    I shuddered at the nickname she always calls me. After almost three years of hearing “Lizzie” you would think that I would be used to it by now. Lilly insists on calling me by my middle name. She said that I look more like an Elizabeth than a Violet. How would she know? She’s only five! I’m probably the only Violet—and Elizabeth—that she has ever met.
    “That’s awesome, Lilly! I have a friend in my room who wants to meet you. Are you up to it?” I smiled, already knowing that she would be willing to meet any friend of mine.
    “Is it Blake?” Lilly slid out of her bed and onto the floor where her small feet sank into the plush pink carpet.
    I shook my head. “Nope,” I said popping the p. “It’s someone you’ve never met before.”
    Lilly’s eyes scrutinized my face as she crossed her arms over her chest. “Are you tricking me?”
    I shook my head again but this time more slowly. “Why would I trick you?”
    “Because I already met Blake, and he is your only friend. I thought Blake was your bestest friend ever. Aren’t you only allowed to have one bestest friend?” Her eyes were as big as saucers. She looked genuinely perplexed as she spoke, and I couldn’t help but laugh at her grammar mistakes.
    “Of course not! You can have as many friends as you like. Come on, let’s go meet Lena. She’s really nice. I think you’ll like her.”
    Lilly nodded and skipped out of her room, leaving me to follow behind her. She skipped down the hallway and turned into my room. I could hear her voice as she said, “Hi! I’m Lilly Rae Forrester! I’m five, and my favorite color is blue! I know it’s a boy color, but I think it’s really pretty.”
    I smiled as I walked through my bedroom door and took a seat in my swivel desk chair. “Lilly, this is my friend Lena.” I popped a breath mint into my mouth and offered one to Lena who gladly accepted.
    Lilly held her hand out to Lena with a big grin on her face. Lena shook her hand and smiled as she said, “It’s nice to meet you Lilly. My favorite color is blue too. It’s not fair that boys get the pretty colors, is it?”
    Lilly shook her head furiously. “Nope! My dad always says that life isn’t fair, but he won’t tell me what that means.” Lilly quickly changed the subject before Lena or I could respond to her statement.