“I came back, duh. “I was testing you, Samuel. xxx desi “Shi, I don’t know what you’re talking about.” There it was, the least convincing thing I’d ever said. Now, shut up and sniff. As I rounded past Shiann, she held her plate towards me to take. I thought you were out with your friend.” I sat back against the backrest of the couch and resigned to my fate of nurse-show. I looked back at Shiann. “Thank you, Samuel.” Of course, Shiann was the only one in the world, besides my parents, who called me Samuel. I could see she was wearing a pair of small, pink socks. Shiann hadn’t said anything about the lotion, so I was grateful. And it was definitely devilish. She winked at me, “You know, you should really clean up after yourself better. Maybe she really had just figured the socks got wet on the counter, like I’d said.




















