The House that Jo Built: Chapter Five: The Tutors
The next day at lunch, Charlie told Dan a version of the truth, omitting any mention of Jo and substituting her house for a fictitious hour in his parents’ basement. Leaning in toward his friend, Dan conspiratorially whispered “so what did it taste like?” Charlie gave this some thought as he chewed on a bite of PB&J. “Kind of like licking raw meat,” he settled upon. “Like steak?” Dan asked, his face scrunched into a question mark. Charlie nodded. “Yeah, kinda. Like if you warmed up a steak and cut it in half then licked it. Dan rocked back, shaken. “So it tastes like beef?” “Oh, no. That’s what it felt like,” Charlie answered. Truthfully, he was at a loss to explain Christy’s taste. “It tastes… like nothing.” Dan’s shoulders slumped. “Huh.” The two guys …
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