Kristin looked at Shawn and stuck her tongue out.
“Really, Kristin?” I said with a look of disapproval.
Forcing herself to smile, Kristin looked past me. “Go enjoy your lunch, Hollie. Asshat and I will be fine.”
Shawn rolled his eyes as he reached for his drink.
Sighing, I looked at both of them. “I don’t know why you two don’t get along.”
When they exchanged a look, I saw something. Something they both tried to hide, but it slipped through for the briefest of moments. I couldn’t help but smile.
“Go enjoy your lunch, Hollie. I promise we won’t kill one another.”
I looked between the two of them, and when I didn’t say anything and instead only stood there grinning like an idiot, Kristin slowly shook her head. “Whatever it is you think youknow, you are so not right on this, Hollie. So you might as well put that thought out of your head and go back to your lunch.”
Shawn stared at her. “What in the hell did you just say?”
Dismissing him with a flick of her hand, Kristin gave me a warning look. “I mean it, Hollie.”
I lifted my hands up. “Fine. Fine. If you say so, but I say I saw what I saw, and it was an eye-opener and something I think we need to talk about later.”
“No, we don’t.”
Shawn pinched the bridge of his nose and slowly exhaled. “I’m going to need a double shot of whiskey and Tylenol when this day is over.”
I walked out of the bathroom and crawled onto the bed. Lucas was looking over some pictures that one of his former college professors sent him of some dig site.
“I still say there is something there between them, Lucas.”
He drew his brows in tight as he studied one of the photos. It was of some giant round rock or something they found in Ireland.
“You didn’t see the way they looked at each other, like they wanted one another but neither one of them would even dare to admit it.”
“Really?” Lucas said as he turned the photo 90 degrees and steadied it.
“Yes! And I know something happened between them in the past. What if they secretly like each other like we did! They’re both fighting it so hard, maybe they need a little…push. You know, like we had.”
“Uh-huh.”
“So, you think I should look into it more?”
“If you think so,” he replied holding up another photo of something that looked like a bowl.
“Well, I have been practicing some simple spells with Sarah. She’s a sucker for love. I’m sure she’ll help me with a spell to…gentlypush Kristin and Shawn together.”
“Sounds good, babe.”
I squealed and threw my arms around him. “I’m so glad you agree and you’re on board with me using magick for this!”
Turning, I jumped off the bed and rushed out of the bedroom to grab my cell phone. I had some planning I needed to do.
“Wait, what did you say?” Lucas called after me. “You’re using magick for what?”
“Just study your picture, sweetheart! I’ve got this!”
Picking up my cell, I hit my sister’s phone number.
“Hey, what’s up?”
