‘Who? You were never with anyone when I was here,’ he said.
‘You were only here for the summers and a few holidays. Besides, you moved back to Rally only two years ago. That means I had six years of dating that you knew nothing about,’ Shona replied smugly.
‘Okay, let’s hear it,’ Sen probed.
‘Dev Michaels.’
‘No, not Dev Michaels. He’s my arch-enemy,’ Sen said.
‘No, he’s not. I don’t even think you remember Dev,’ Shona said.
‘Has the fountain incident slipped your mind?’
Shona rolled her eyes. ‘Avi pushed you in the fountain. Not Dev. And we were ten years old,’ she said.
‘Who else?’
Shona smiled. She knew this one was going to get under his skin.
‘Hunter.’
Sen’s jaw clenched.
‘You remember Hunter?’ she asked sweetly.
‘Of course I remember Hunter. How could you go out with Hunter?’
‘I asked myself that many times,’ Shona said.
‘How long were you together? I actually feel sick about it,’ Sen said.
‘Whatever. Hunter isn’t so bad. I actually wanted to ask him to be my date for Anni’s wedding,’ Shona said, trying to sound casual.
Sen shifted in his seat but kept his eyes on the road.
‘You wanted to bring a date to the wedding?’
Shona looked out of the window.
‘I didn’t want to be alone,’ she said.
‘I was there. Hell, I was your freaking partner, the best man. Remember me?’
Shona rolled her eyes again. ‘I said IthoughtI would be alone. But when you told me you weren’t taking a date, I was okay with not taking one too.’
‘And then we did the cliché thing – the best man scored a bridesmaid,’ Sen said, smiling.
‘Hey! I wasn’t just a bridesmaid. I was the maid of honour,’ she shot back.
‘You weren’t very honourable that night,’ Sen said and started laughing.
Shona joined in.
Their parting when he dropped her off was awkward. She didn’t know whether she should have invited him to stay another night. Sen seemed perplexed too. By the time they got home, the sun was setting and most of the shops along Main Street were closing. Thankfully, Sen didn’t take the route past the tailor shop.
At her door, he made some excuse about having work to do, while she said the same thing at the exact same time. Seeing that they were on the same page, he left. Now Shona was sitting on her couch trying to find a series to binge-watch.
She looked at her phone. 6pm. Still no communication from her family.
