McKenna Hunter and Mom were acting kind of suspiciously, so I had to ask her on our way home. "What was the deal with all that whispering?" I asked. Mom frowned. "What are you talking about?" "You know what I'm talking about. Hunter was whispering something in your ear, turning you five shades of red. What was that about?" I asked again in a teasing tone. Mom shot me a sidelong glance, and I could see her cheeks turning pink again. "Oh, that? It was nothing, McKenna. Just some old inside joke between him and me." I raised an eyebrow, not fully convinced. "An inside joke? You both seemed pretty serious about it. And I thought you two hated each other? Or rather, you hated him." She sighed. "Yes, it's true. I can't stand him, McKenna. But he was making a stupid joke like he always doe