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Olivia fired off a text to Charlie. “I think he’s just around the block.”
“Wow. He was waiting for you right here? Heisa good guy.”
“Don’t let Mom know.”
“I won’t,” Izzy said. “But I think you should tell her soon, Olivia. I promise you she’d be happy about it — even though she’ll be upset that you didn’t have her at the wedding.”
“I’ll tell her soon,” Olivia agreed. “And I’ll see you tomorrow when I pick you up for school.”
The sisters stood up, and Izzy flung her arms around Olivia. “Congratulations,” she said. “I’m glad you’re married, even if it is super weird.”
“Love you,” Olivia murmured, grateful for the fact that she had finally been able to tell someone some of the truth — and wishing painfully that she could tell her family everything.
CHAPTER10
CHARLIE
“All right,” Charlie said. “This is the hot wire.”
“How do you know that?” Olivia asked, squinting over his shoulder.
“It’s red.”
“It’sred? That’s all you have to go on?”
“The internet says that the hot wire is the red one!”
“Oh, okay, well it’s a good thing no information on the internet is ever wrong.”
“I found it on a good site,” Charlie protested.
Olivia folded her arms and leaned against the wall, one eyebrow lifted. “What site did you find it on?”
“RewireYourHome Dot Com.”
“Well, that sounds like where all the professionals probably hang out.”
“The guy who runs the site says he’s an electrician with over five years’ experience.”
Olivia just snorted.
“All right, if you’re so smart, how would you figure out which wire is which?”
Olivia reached over and picked up a device about the size of a cell phone.
“What’s that?”
“It’s an electrical tester, Mr. Faraday. This didn’t come up on RewireYourHome Dot Com?”
It hadn’t, but Charlie didn’t want to admit it. “What are you going to do with it?”
“I’m going to test which of the wires has a voltage output. That’s how we’ll know which is the live wire and which is the ground wire. Move over.”
“Have you done this before?”
“I have, as it happens. Did you think women couldn’t do this?”
“I mean, if they were trained for it. You’re not an electrician.”