Jake’s POV

I know she’s lying. Not about everything, but there’s something bothering her, and I don’t like that. I especially don’t like that she doesn’t feel comfortable, or is too embarrassed to share whatever it is. I’m a fixer, it’s what I do, but how can I fix something if I don’t know what it is I need to fix?

Poppy keeps eating as if nothing happened, carefully cutting her pancakes into small pieces while Leo and I pretend the conversation never happened. The ...