Total pages in book: 36
Estimated words: 34560 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 173(@200wpm)___ 138(@250wpm)___ 115(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 34560 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 173(@200wpm)___ 138(@250wpm)___ 115(@300wpm)
Someone had pulled into the center of a row and was now surrounded by a small crowd of people. Recognizing Gabby Dawson amongst them, I realized Judas was the inconsiderate asshole in the center. How fast did she move to get down here before me?
I’d been staring at the back of her head less than twenty minutes ago, every time I looked up to think about how to solve for an answer. I tried not to let her eagerness bother me. Was she one of the girls he’d slept with? Damnit. I wish he’d never said anything.
Ignoring Judas and his small posse, I turned to Audrey knowing she and Gavin had come together.
“Where’d you guys’ park?”
“Two cars over from that crowd.”
Oh, great. “So, there’s no avoiding this then?”
“Nope,” she popped her lips. “Let’s brave the masses.”
We crossed to the other side of the parking lot and weaved between the various cars that had yet to pull off. Judas noticed me long before I reached him, but he made no signs of acknowledgment other than sweeping his eyes over my person from top to bottom.
He was standing near the driver's side door, slightly leaning against his roof. A guy I didn’t know, and Owen were closest to him. Gavin was on the opposite side of the car. They were deep in conversation about an upcoming football game.
I waited to hear a mention of Erin Moore but there wasn’t one. All-day I’d tried to keep my ears trained for any mention of him. According to Audrey, yesterday the halls were flooded with whispers about Pesadilla’s missing jock. Today there’d been hardly any.
It was weird.
“About time you got your ass out here,” Gavin said to Audrey when he finally took notice of us.
“I was waiting on my friend. Since you insisted on being a chauffeur you will wait on me.”
“Do I need to remind you of our conversation this morning?”
She flicked him off and gave him her back. “What are you doing today?”
“Who knows?” I shrugged, adjusting the strap of my satchel. There hadn’t been an opportune time to tell her about my home situation.
It wasn’t something I wanted to casually discuss through texts or where just anyone could overhear.
“What are you going to do?” I asked to take the attention off me.
“I have to help my mom get ready for some bake sale she decided to participate in.”
“Judging by your tone I can tell you’re ecstatic.”
“Yeah, can’t picture anything else I’d rather be doing.” She turned to look at Gavin. “You almost done? I have to meet my mom and we need to discuss a cover story for why my car is nowhere to be found.”
“Yeah, let’s go,” he replied, sharing a look with Judas that meant something only they could understand.
I walked with Audrey until I got to the passenger side of Judas’ car, still not having spoken a word to him yet.
“Call me later,” I demanded softly in parting.
She nodded and walked off to get into Gavin’s SUV. Without her here and no desire to jump into Judas’ conversation there wasn’t any reason to stand outside in the heat. I tugged on the door handle, relieved when it opened. I wouldn’t have to draw any further attention to myself by asking Judas to let me get in.
I slipped into his car and heard the purr of the engine. He’d hit his remote start without remark. That earned him one gold star. Now I could shut myself away with the AC on high until he wrapped up his chit-chat. If I listened close enough, I might even learn something valuable from my eavesdropping.
CHAPTER NINE
I think he made me wait on purpose.
There was no other reason for him to make me sit and listen to him talk everything from football to prom of all things for damn near thirty minutes other than his own amusement.
And now I was waiting again, this time in his giant ass living room for him to spit out whatever was so important he couldn’t tell me on the drive to his house. I was glad he didn’t need to be told I didn’t want to go back to mine. I wasn’t sure if I could go back.
After what happened with mom—Evie—I hadn’t the slightest inkling to find out just yet. I was still majorly pissed off and hurt by her and my dad’s behavior. The downside was that all my things were there. I couldn’t sport another one of Brianna’s uniforms and no way in hell would I survive long-term without my arsenal of glam gear.
I watched Judas from where I sat on the L section of the plush leather sectional. He was seated on the straight-away. His mood seemed to be better than it had been earlier but as always with him, I wasn’t entirely sure my assumption was right.