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It wasn’t that I didn’t appreciate the fact that he was following orders in an effort to keep me safe. I knew that both he and Slate were attempting to find out who or what was behind my car being broken into along with the ominous roses I received. It just felt like I was under a microscope.
Keeping an eye out was one thing; what Taz was doing was clearly something else.
After Kyzer and I had lunch in the student union, Taz’s truck was once again waiting outside so that he could run me to the other side of the campus for my English Composition class. This was one of the classes that Kyzer and I had together. Taz knew that.
I told Kyzer to follow me out to the truck and we would ride over together. I knew Kyzer wasn’t that comfortable around Taz, but it would have been rude of me not to offer. Kyzer’s car was in the lot clear over on the other side of the campus.
As soon as I piled into the front seat of Taz’s truck, I mentioned that Kyzer was in the same class and was riding over with us. Taz instructed me to shut the door of the truck.
I motioned for Kyzer to get into the back seat of the dual cab at the very same second Taz hit the power locks and pulled out leaving Kyzer standing there looking dumbfounded in the middle of the road.
“What the hell? Taz, that was rude!”
Taz started chuckling, looking back at Kyzer in his rear-view mirror.
“There he stands, looking real dumb,” he laughed.
“Now who the hell is acting sophomoric?” I lashed out at him.
I watched as Taz's expression morphed into pure pissed.
“You didn’t listen to a fucking word I said to you this morning, did you?”
He was fuming mad. What was I supposed to do?
“I did listen to what you said. You told me to pay attention to the types of information he tried to get from me, right? Well guess what? He hasn’t tried to get any information from me. We talked briefly after class and for about thirty minutes at lunch. Shall I give you a rundown of the conversation, Agent Matthews?”
Taz was glaring at me now.
“Let’s see. We discussed our writing assignment, and what topics we planned to use for our argumentative essays due next week. We talked about one of his science projects he has been working on and how much time it is -”
“Hold it there,” he interrupted. “What is his science project subject?”
“Are you serious, Taz?”
“Yes, I am. Do you remember?”
To be honest I found science topics to be extremely boring. Thirty seconds into a discussion and my eyes were glazing over. At the moment, I was racking my brain trying to recall what Kyzer had told me.
“See there,” he practically yelled, causing me to jump. “I tell you that I don’t trust this dude’s motives and most people would be a little bit on their game which means, Lindsey, they would be paying attention to things that are said in case it is relevant. Not you, though. Hell no! You were probably nodding that pretty little head of yours up and down like you were listening all the while trying to figure out when you could squeeze in your next appointment for a bikini wax.”
Now it was my turn to be livid.
How dare he say those kinds of things to me? Was everything that came out of Kyzer’s mouth supposed to be tied to me or my father or whatever the hell it was Taz thought he was a part of?
“His science project involves ketone oxygen atoms and the bio physiological conversion that occurs when an organic element undergoes de-potentiation. Are you satisfied?”
I turned away from him and stared out the window of his truck still fuming, my arms crossed tightly in front of me. We pulled up to Ward Hall and I pulled on the handle of the door realizing I needed to release the power lock. I fumbled around for it. He pressed it from his side and I got the door open.
I felt Taz’s hand on my arm as I started scooting out of the truck. I turned immediately to face him.
“Lindsey,” he said, “I’m sorry I said that just now.”
“Fuck you, Taz.”
I got out of the truck, slamming the door behind me and hurried up the walkway towards the building.
This was not going to work out. I couldn’t live this way. If something was going to happen I just wished that it would happen already.
