A Charmed Life by Jenny B. Jones

Author:Jenny B. Jones
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc.
Published: 2012-03-22T22:00:00+00:00

chapter twenty-four

Happy Monday, Truman Tigers! This is Melanie Coulson for Tiger TV with your morning announcements. It’s not too late to cast your vote for prom king and queen. Hop online today and . . .”

Budge sits sideways in his seat, ignoring the TV. “I’m so sick of all this prom stuff.”

I dig through my backpack until I find our novel for the month, Heart of Darkness, and barely resist the urge to chuck it across the room. More like Heart of Pukeness. “Why don’t you just ask Ruthie to prom? What’s the worst thing that could happen?”

“She’d put me in a choke hold and laugh in my face.”

It is possible. “I don’t think so. But she is a little untrusting of guys right now. Her last boyfriend dumped her over those doctored pictures.”

“What a jerk.”

“If you don’t ask her, someone else will. What if a biker family moves into town today, and some dude with chaps and a leather vest steals her heart? Do you really want to risk that?”

His head droops. “I could never compete with someone in chaps.”

I pat his shoulder. “Seize the day, Budge.”

I barely stay awake through the lecture on the novel. When the bell rings to end class, I’m the first one out the door.

“Did you get my message about Anna?” Luke asks, as I sit down at my computer in journalism.

“One broken arm, one concussion, and one surly attitude. Yeah, it was the talk of church yesterday.”

I scroll through my e-mails to check for any possible job offers or other miracles.

Wait—what’s this?

Bella,

You don’t listen very well, do you? You have no idea what I’m capable of. Nobody does . . . but you’re about to find out.

I hit reply to see if the address is legit, but it comes back to me rejected. Big surprise.

“What is that?” Luke hovers over me, and I can smell the clean detergent of his shirt.

“Um . . .” I shut down the screen.

“You just can’t get the hang of this sharing stuff, can you?” Luke reaches across and drags the mouse from my hand, pulling up the e-mail. His expression darkens. “A fake e-mail address.” He shakes his head. “Why isn’t this person coming after me too?”

I pat his arm. “Now’s really not the time to get your feelings hurt. Maybe someone will threaten you next week, okay?”

Luke’s expression holds me in place. “I don’t like you being in danger. And it makes no sense—why just threaten you?” He shoots off a copy of the e-mail to Officer Mark.

I force a smile, despite the fact that I’m more than a little creeped out. “This person probably knows I’m the better sleuth.”

Luke doesn’t laugh. “In the meantime, you need to still make sure someone’s with you at all times. I’m serious, Bella. Go nowhere alone.”

“All I gotta say is, I better get some sympathy votes out of this.” At lunch Anna’s arm hangs at an angle in a sling. “How’s a girl supposed to eat a burrito with one arm?”

“Just lean over it and gnaw.

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