AllFreeNovel
Share Us
Her hair was still dripping wet from the shower, but she had it pulled back in a long ponytail. Dressed like she was going out.
“How was Wood? She miss me?”
“Yeah, she made a point of mentioning that detention just isn’t the same without you,” I drawled.
She put her hand to her heart, sighing dramatically before bursting into a laugh. “Thought you’d be down at dinner. You eat yet?”
I shrugged. “Not hungry, I guess.”
“You sick or something? Or just finally full? I never met anyone who eats like you, except maybe Grey.”
I swallowed, a prickle of unease making goosebumps rise on my skin as my screen flashed to life again.
Unknown: No run today?
“Did you give my number to anyone?” I asked, ignoring her other question. Other than my aunt, she was the only one in Thorn Valley that had it.
Her eyes narrowed, glancing between me and the phone clenched tightly in my palm. “No. Why?”
I shook my head, tossing the phone back onto the nightstand with a clatter. “It’s nothing. Someone must’ve lifted it from the office.”
Becca pursed her lips, but didn’t disagree that it was a real possibility. Probably Bri. Trying to scare me away with ominous messages. How very boring.
“Well,uh, I have to go out for a bit. Help yourself to anything in the fridge if you’re hungry. I had this eatingissuea few years back. Now my dad has the fridge stocked with fresh groceries every week. It usually ends up in the trash so just help yourself.”
I cocked my head at her, considering her thin frame in a different light.
“I don’t have that problem anymore,” she assured me, a muscle in her jaw ticking. Her body language shifted to discomfort. Shuffling on her feet. I looked away, clearing my throat.
“I didn’t say anything.”
“You didn’t have to.”
“You want company?” I offered as she pushed off the wall to leave, but her hesitation told me everything I needed to know.
“Actually, I forgot I have a history assignment I have to finish for tomorrow,” I rushed to say, beating her to the punch. “I’ll just go for a run if there’s time after.”
“You do that a lot. Run, I mean. Friendly tip? Stick to the main trail at the back of the field.”
“Why?”
“There’s an old service road that runs parallel to it. It goes up the cliffside to the Crow’s Nest. You don’t want to be anywhere near there.”
“Crow’s Nest?”
“It’s where they live,” she said offhandedly.
“There’s a joint in the tin under the coffee table by the way,” she offered with a wink. “History is better high.”
I grinned, unable to disagree.
“Oh shit, I forgot. I got you something,” she said, rushing out of my doorway and back across the apartment.
“You got me something?” I called after her, confused.
She reappeared a minute later with a crisp white shopping bag and tossed it to me. She had terrible aim, but I managed to catch it before it hit the floor by my feet.
“I guessed your size.”
