Flashback ( PDFDrive )

“Why not?” Sophie had to ask.
“Because he doesn’t deserve to know.”
Keefe leaned closer to Sophie, stage-whispering. “You realize it’s
now your job to pester Bo for all the details Ro’s trying to hide from
us.”
Ro smirked. “Try it—Bo won’t tell you a thing.”
“Wanna bet?” Keefe countered.
“Bad idea,” Sophie told him. “You’ve won twice now—that means
you’re pretty much guaranteed to lose. Especially since this bet relies
on me again.”
He grinned. “Exactly, Foster. You’re always the safe bet.”
“Not this time,” Ro told him.
“We doing this, then?” Keefe asked her.
Ro folded her arms. “Fine. If I win, I get one guaranteed dare. I can
tell you to do anything I want, and you have to do it.”
Keefe raised one eyebrow. “Deal—but only if I get the same thing if
I win.”
Ro leaned into his face, flashing a deadly smile. “It’s on.”
Sophie sighed, laying on the sarcasm nice and thick when she
mumbled, “This can only end well.”
• • •
Keefe and Ro didn’t breathe a word about their new bet to Elwin when
they dropped Sophie back at the Healing Center—and Sophie
certainly wasn’t going to be the one to tell him. He probably wouldn’t
have to deal with the drama anyway. She’d be out of the Healing
Center long before the winner and loser were decided.
And it hit her then.