Chapter 182: Growing Suspicion

OLLIE "Maybe he'll come back later for the money," Aunt Lynn suggested gently shrugging her shoulders as well, but she didn't sound like she really believed that explanation she was giving to me.   Before anyone could ask more questions about the odd situation, Riley showed up at the kitchen doorway, looking at us.   His face was back to its normal neutral expression that he always kept, and if I hadn't seen him spit out that ice cream and throw it away without giving a good reason why, I would never have guessed anything was wrong.   "Where's your ice cream, Riley?" Mama asked, the same question she'd asked me a moment before.   "I ate it already," Riley said immediately without missing a beat as he added, with a smile on his face. "It was really good. I finished the whole thing."   I nearly choked on my own ice cream in shock when I heard those words from his mouth Riley was lying to all of us  and he was doing it so smoothly and confidently that I could tell this wasn't the first ti