Chapter 21: Secrecy

Benji POV

After weeks, Benji was finally going to see Ginger again. He hadn’t felt so giddy since he was a child. He even skipped around the house a little.

He also had the best sister in the world who was willing to go along with his plan. She was even going to deal with spending time with people who were basically strangers, just so he and Ginger could have a few hours together.

He and Olive told their family they were going to do some sightseeing in the city since they hadn’t gotten the chance to see anything since they moved. The lie was simple, and no one in the Emerald family seemed to care much about their plans – none of them wanted to join.

Olive showed up at his house at seven o’clock on the dot.

“You know what restaurant we’re going to?” she asked while he grabbed his coat.

“Of course I do.” How could she doubt that? “I’m the one who decided it was far enough away that neither of our families were likely to run into us.”