Total pages in book: 96
Estimated words: 112163 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 561(@200wpm)___ 449(@250wpm)___ 374(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 112163 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 561(@200wpm)___ 449(@250wpm)___ 374(@300wpm)
Then I saw a very familiar head, as it lifted from what I’m guessing was the driver’s lap. I was frozen for a good minute not quite registering what I’d seen.
I don’t think she saw me, I’d driven off before she could make out anything I hope, but I’d sat there too long trying to figure out what was going on, after I’d finally remembered where I’d seen the car before.
It had only been a minute, but it felt like forever. Now it was morning and after a night spent tossing and turning, I was still no closer to knowing what to do.
I'm not sure of what I saw but I'm pretty sure I saw something. Crap, I hate being in this position, what am I supposed to say? Maybe I should ask Jace, but I'm not too excited about bringing up his old girlfriend in this type of conversation.
Not that I'm still jealous or anything, just... Whatever.
He came to pick me up and I tried very hard to keep my worry from showing, but I should’ve known better, nothing gets by him.
“What’s the matter baby?”
“Nothing just thinking about some stuff.”
“What kind of stuff, this thing with the idiot? I told you, you don’t have to worry about that anymore.”
I thought it best to let him believe that that’s what was bothering me. Until I knew for sure what I was dealing with anyway, though I was pretty sure.
Now I can't even look at Cassandra, I'm afraid the guilt will show on my face. She was one of the first people to approach me when Jace pulled into the lot.
Tammy and Belle were next, Belle having ridden in with Jared. The whole gang was here and we headed to the field for our morning routine.
They all look so happy, how can I say anything? Whatever happens, however this plays out, one of my friends is going to be crushed? Should I be the one to bring it out in the open, or should I let someone else have that pleasure?
Is this why Cass has been acting so weird? And what did Jace know about it?
Eden High Book 5
By
Jordan Silver
Chapter 1
SIAN
I drove away full of uncertainty as to my next move. My preference would be to bury my head in the sand and pretend nothing happened.
I wanted only to enjoy my engagement and my new favorite pastime, sex with Jace. The thing about this town was that it moved too fast.
Everything happened right on top of the other with no break in between it seemed. I haven’t ditched the roller coaster ride feeling since the day I met Jace Saunders, and from that day until now, there’s been something.
I’m so sick and tired of Mandy Taylor and her shit. Tired of every other conversation being about her.
She’s like a leech that sucks the lifeblood out of everything, and quite frankly, has been starring in way too many of the scenes of my life lately.
But this wasn’t high school hijinks. This was way more serious and a little out of my league.
Maybe I should call Jace and tell him what I suspected, but then again, if I said nothing it might all just go away.
“And that’s bullshit Sian.” But what if I was wrong? What if I’d misunderstood what I thought I saw? Maybe she’d just been reaching for something that fell and that’s why her head was down there?
Yeah Sian, and they just happened to be there in that spot that was out of the way of everything and served no other purpose, than as a place for people to hide and do shit they have no business doing.
When I got home, I said a rushed ‘I’m back’ and went to my room to hideout and think. I paced my room and bit my nails as I pondered the pros and cons of even mentioning what I thought I’d seen
My phone rang and I answered it absently.
“What’s wrong?” His voice jolted me as well as the question.
“What makes you think something’s wrong?’
“I don’t know. I was in the middle of reading and all of a sudden, I got this weird feeling in my chest. Not fear exactly, not sadness, but something.
Since I’ve never experienced it before. I figured that since you’re responsible for all the strange feelings I’ve been having lately, it had to be you; so what is it?”
“Wow, really?” He had to be pulling my leg; that was way intense. We started talking about all these new feelings of his, and it took my mind off of my latest worry.
“I miss you.”
“I miss you too sweetheart. I’m going to ask your dad about letting you spend the night soon. Shh, don’t freak, it’s not going to be that bad.”
“Yeah well, I’m not sure that he’s ready for that yet.”
“Nothing for you to worry about, leave it to me.”
I got knots in my tummy at the very idea, but I know Jace, and once he’s set his mind to doing something there’s really no stopping him.
“So you ready for the game tomorrow?” He changed the subject smoothly.
“I don’t have to do anything, it’s you who have to play.”
“Yeah I know, but I expect to get jarred and knocked around. It’s part of the game. Then again, if my defense do their job, then that shouldn’t be true either, but you...I know about the near falls and all that other bullshit they’ve been doing to you.”
Oh boy, here comes the lecture.
“Sian, nothing to say?”
“Sorry?”
“You know this disobedience thing of yours can’t last, right?”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean that I’m giving you a lot of leeway now because this is all new to you, but I do expect you to get your shit together before too much longer.
I mean that very soon if I tell you to do one thing and you do another, I will turn you over my knee, and yes that’s my preferred form of punishment.”
“Jace, have you fallen and hit your head? You can’t discipline me like a child. Who does that?” Maybe Jess had been right after all and he was an abuser.