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

of physically talking from the way his voice just come out of the phone speaker a moment ago, but instead I just obliged to her whispered demand.
    “Can you talk now? It’s important…” I chewed on my bottom lip while I waited for him to reply. There was a long pause before I heard any noise come from the Blake’s phone. I even glanced at the screen a few times to make sure that he hadn’t hung up.
    Finally, noise crackled through the speaker again. “Of course I can, Violet. What’s wrong?”
    “Um…I was just going to ask if you would…Um…Explain the theory of evolution to me?”
    A high pitched chuckle boomed through the speaker and for a moment I wondered if it was Blake who had laughed. “Violet, did you really call me to ask that? You have never shown an interest in anything that was school related before.”
    “I know I haven’t but this year I’m going to focus all of my attention on my studies. I even started my homework as soon as I got home.” I crossed the middle and index finger of my free hand. I have always been a firm believer that if you cross your fingers when you lie, you can’t really get punished for it. Of course, this theory works better when I’m not face to face with the person who I’m lying to. Maybe that’s the reason why people always know when I’m fibbing. It could also have something to do with how bad I was at lying.
    Blake coughed into the phone, “I’m actually really busy right now, Vi. I thought you and Lena were going to hang out today?”
    “Yeah, Lena’s here, we’re both studying actually.”
    “I see. Maybe you should ask Lena to explain the theory of evolution to you then.”
    “She can’t,” I said hurriedly. “She doesn’t get it. That’s why I called you.”
    He sighed into the phone. “Can I call you back later?”
    Lena shook her head zealously as she wagged her finger at me. “Ask him what he’s doing. If he lies then he’s hiding something,” she whispered.
    “What are you doing?” At Brianna’s whore house? I wanted to add that to my question, but if I did then he would think I didn’t trust him.
    “Studying.”
    “What?”
    Blake cleared his throat before he spoke again, thinking that I had misheard him. “Studying. I know you don’t do it that often, but it’s when you open up a text book, and read it whilst taking notes. Sometimes when you do it you obtain pertinent information that you can use in the future.”
    Lena rolled her eyes, but I could tell that she was trying to stifle a laugh.
    “No duh, Captain Obvious. What I meant to say was,” I grappled for something to say, “tell your mom that I said hi.”
    “My mom? I’m not even at home, Vi.” There was a long pause before he spoke again. “Are you sure that was what you were going to say?”
    I groaned, deciding instantly that my need-to-know was stronger than my need for him to think that I trust him. So, after a sigh to prepare myself, I put on my big girl panties and began.
    “Blake, why are you playing in Brianna’s room?” If I didn’t know any better I would have thought that the words had come out of my mouth, but to my surprise, it was Lilly who was speaking.
    “You always play with Lizzie in her room, and now you’re playing with Brianna in her room. That’s not fair! I want you to play dolls in my room too.” Lilly’s bottom lip quivered as her eyes widened and slowly began to water.
    Lena reached for Lilly in an attempt to console her but Lilly stepped toward me, wrapping her arms around my legs as she started bawling. I reached my free hand down and ruffled her hair, trying to calm her down.
    “I’m not playing in Brianna’s room.” My stomach churned as realization swept over me. Blake was going to deny the fact that he was at Brianna’s house. If he said that he wasn’t at her house then he was obviously trying to hide something from me. I held my breath and bit down on my bottom lip as he began to speak again. “I’m tutoring