Janine didn’t get have nearly as many crushes in high school or college as her friends thought she did. She kept pretty quiet about her love life—not that there was much of one to talk about—but when asked, she always had a different boy picked out for the role. And to blush while talking, all she had to do was consider what they’d think if they were mind-readers.

She ran into Lois, a college pal, yesterday, but she had no who the guy she asked about was—one of Janine’s fibs. But she thought she faked it well.