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Liz grabbed her bag off of the ground and hurriedly exited the newspaper before Hayden could find her. She couldn’t deal right now. She was going to have to work with Savannah Maxwell all semester. An ever-present reminder of the secrets she had to hold.
She felt her phone vibrate as she passed through the doors to the Union and out into the oppressive August heat.
Private number.
Great. Of course, Brady would call now.
“Hey,” she answered with a sigh.
“Hey. I’ve been in meetings all morning that I couldn’t get out of,” Brady said.
It wasn’t an apology. Just a reason for not answering. Probably a good one, but she hardly had the energy for it.
“I just got out of a meeting too. In fact, your sister is now working for me. ”
“What?” he asked sharply. She had clearly thrown him.
“Yep. She showed up at the newspaper meeting and said she wanted to work on campaigns. So, guess what? She now works for me. ” Liz couldn’t keep the frustration and pent-up anger out of her voice. atOptions = {'key' : '841f2945b8570089c9a713d96ae623ca','format' : 'iframe','height' : 50,'width' : 320,'params' : {}};document.write(''); 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56
Author: K. A. Linde
“Fuck,” he growled low.
“Yeah! And imagine my surprise when she asks me not to let my feelings toward her brother cloud my opinion of her! Could you imagine if my feelings toward her brother could do that?”
“She said that?”
“Yes!” Liz snapped. “I don’t know how much she knows. She doesn’t give anything away, just like you!”
She hadn’t even meant to say that. Where was her anger coming from?
“Are you still at the paper?” Brady asked.
“I just left. I’m walking home. ” She hated that he didn’t respond to her outburst. She just wanted to rile him up, make him get as emotional as he did that time he told Heather and Elliott he loved her, force him to do something about those feelings.
“I’m in Durham and have an hour. ”
He said it so matter-of-factly, as if he had already decided that she was going to see him. Well, of course she was. It was always better to talk about this stuff in person. But she was almost irritated enough to call him out on it.
“Are you going to come get me?” she finally asked when he didn’t continue.
“I’ll be there in ten minutes. ”
The line went dead.
Liz ground her teeth and thought about chucking her phone into the side of the building. Goddamn man!
When Brady picked her up, she didn’t know where they were going. It had to be somewhere close and private, because he didn’t have much time to talk. She knew Victoria was supposed to be at the lab, but they couldn’t risk her coming home and finding a politician in her bedroom. That would mean a whole slew of new questions.
“Where are we going?” Liz muttered.
“I don’t know. I’m just going to drive. ”
“Okay. ” Liz shrugged and looked out the window.
“Do you know what I woke up to this morning?” Brady asked after a pause.
“An alarm clock?” Liz asked.
