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bump noses?”
    Amber shook her head. “No, we didn’t bump noses. It was a nice kiss. Closed mouth and all, but nice. He didn’t start using tongue until we were thirteen.” She sighed. “Now let me tell my story!”
    May nodded, taking a chip and biting into it. “Fine. Go ahead.”
    “My parents hated him. They were big into being descendants of the Texas Republic and all that jazz. I don’t know if you know this, but I come from one of the richest families in Jupiter.”
    “All six families that live there?” May asked, obviously making fun of the tiny hometown Amber was from.
    “Hush. Well, anyway, they complained a lot about my dating him.” She shrugged. “We didn’t let it bother us. We were still sweethearts in high school, and he took me to prom. A couple of weeks before prom, we made a pact that we were going to have sex for the first time on prom night. My mom had a long talk with me about John not being right for me as I was getting ready for prom, and she reminded me that if I married him before I was twenty-one, I’d forfeit my trust fund.”
    “Did you care?” May asked.
    Amber shook her head. “Not really. But she also talked to me about sex, which is never a comfortable discussion with your mother. Anyway, we were crowned king and queen, which I expected, but after prom, I couldn’t go to the hotel with him. I don’t know why, but suddenly it didn’t feel right.”
    “You were what? Seventeen?” May asked. “That’s really young, and I don’t care if everyone is doing it at that age.”
    Amber nodded. “He had just turned eighteen, but I was still seventeen. Anyway, I told him I wasn’t ready, and he took me home. It was obvious he was mad, and he apologized before I got out of the car, but I was furious with him for trying to push me.”
    May nodded. “And you stormed off?”
    “Worse. I told him I was done with him, and I ran into the house. I started dating his worst enemy, a boy my mom had been pushing me to date for years, the very next day. I didn’t even like him.”
    May closed her eyes. “I do understand. Was John your ghost yesterday?”
    Amber nodded. “Yeah, but there’s more to the story. I found out yesterday that Brian, John’s enemy, went to him at school on Monday—so, two days later—and told him how good I was in bed, and they got into a fight. John said at the moment he believed it, but later he knew better. He immediately started dating this girl I couldn’t stand who was known for putting out. Her name was Kayla. It wasn’t long before I heard Kayla was pregnant, and it broke my heart.”
    May shook her head. “Did he marry her? Is he still married?”
    “Yes, he married her, and no, Kayla ran off shortly after Nicki was born. But in the meantime, I almost married Brian. On our wedding day, I went to the church and broke it off. I couldn’t marry him. It would have freed up my trust fund money, which was really the only reason I was marrying him, but I couldn’t marry anyone else when I knew I still loved John.” Amber ate another chip slowly. “Brian came to the church with Karen, my best friend. He told me they’d been sleeping together the whole time we’d been dating. He had a trust fund situation like mine and just wanted his money free so he could do whatever he wanted, which was be with Karen forever. But he was there to break it off with me as well. Neither of us wanted to marry the other.”
    “Sounds like a twisted situation.”
    Amber nodded. “It was. And a lot of it was my fault. Anyway, Brian and Karen left the church, were hit by a train and killed. Rumors flew in every direction. I heard they were going to be filming a new drama in Wiggieville, and I went to a walk-on audition, expecting to get a tiny part. I was cast as MaryBeth. I haven’t seen my parents since.”
    “But Jupiter is like thirty miles from here!”
    “I know. They were furious with me. Brian’s mother blamed me for the wreck, and my mom and Brian’s