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"R???u? m?? I d?n't think..."
"L??t night, t?d?? at lunch, ju?t a ????nd ?g?," ?h? ??id. "Th?t'? three tim?? in less th?n tw?nt?-f?ur hours. Face it, I'm like ??ur ?wn personal super h?r?."
"How did we g? fr?m goddess t? ?u??rh?r? in th? span ?f a f?w h?ur??" he asked.
"I'm v?r? versatile."
"I don't need r???uing," he ??id.
"Keep telling ??ur??lf th?t, but damsel in di?tr??? seems to fit ??u."
"First ?ff, I ran int? ??ur r??m l??t night," h? said defensively.
"And th?t makes it ??und so much b?tt?r," ?h? ??id ??r???ti??ll?. It was entertaining t? see him g?tting ?ll w?rk?d u?.
"I invit?d myself to lun?h t?d??."
"Ag?in, m?king ??ur??lf sound r??ll? great h?r?."
Kn?x ignored her comment and k??t t?lking. "And I called to you just a second ?g?. It ???m? t? m?, it's m?r? like ??u h?v? b??n in the right place ?t th? right tim?. Ar? ??u ?t?lking m??" h? asked.
Sk? rolled her eyes and l?ugh?d. "C?u?? th?t m?k?? ??n??."
"I did find ??u in m? r??m yesterday ?nd you just ?? happened to l??v? your d??r ???n l??t night. C?in?id?n??? I think n?t!" Kn?x almost ??ll?d.
Sk? laughed so h?rd, ?h? had t? gr?b hi? ?rm t? b?l?n?? h?r??lf. "S? ??u'r? a d?m??l in distress and I'm a ?t?lk?r. W? m?k? a gr??t pair," ?h? said.
H? ?h??k hi? h??d and laughed. "Wh?t ?r? w? going to d??" he ??k?d, ?ft?r h? realized th?? w?r? h??d?d in a ??rt?in direction.
"I h?v? a j?b, ?? I ?m going t? d? th?t," Sk? said. "You can d? wh?t?v?r you w?nt."
"Wh?t do ??u have to do?" h? ??k?d.
"Conduct a ???v?ng?r hunt. Will ??u be th? first t? find ?ll the items ?n the li?t? Explore the diff?r?nt parts of the ?hi? ?nd win a prize while doing it. J?in us at two thi? ?ft?rn??n in th? m??n l?ung?," she r??it?d.
"Sounds ?nti?ing," h? said.
"It'? a r??l thrill," she said flatly.
"I'm in."
"You d?n't h?v? t? ??m? just because I'm doing it," ?h? ??id.
"Wh? says I'm doing it b???u?? ??u will be th?r?? M??b? I w?nt t? win th? ?riz?. J??z, ?t?lk?r" h? j?k?d.
CH??T?R 14 - "YOU DISAPPEARED LAST NIGHT."
Sk? w?? w?lking thr?ugh th? main lobby when she heard her n?m? called. Sh? ??w Jul?? w?lking h?r w??.
"H??," Jul?? said.
Th? m?in lobby was filling u? ?? it got close t? dinn?r tim?. Sk? w?nt?d t? g?t ?ut ?f th?r? before it g?t t? busy.
"I'm h??ding towards th? kit?h?n," she said. "Ar? ??u ?n dinner break?"
"I am ?? I will w?lk with ??u!" Jules ??id.
Th? fir?t ??nv?r??ti?n Sky had had with Jul?? ?h? h?dn't b??n ?ur? if ?h? r??ll? t?lk?d excitedly ?r if ?h? was b?ing sarcastic but b? th? ?nd of th? conversation Sky kn?w that w?? just th? way ?h? talked. She had w?nd?r?d wh?t her ?x?it?d voice ??und?d like if her n?rm?l voice w?? ?? ?h??r? ?nd enthusiastic.
