A Fighting Chance by T. L. Hayes

Author:T. L. Hayes [Hayes, T.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781635552584
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2018-08-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Lou woke up the next morning feeling out of sorts, though she wasn’t sure why. She had a vague idea of what she had dreamed about the night before, and if part of what she recollected was true, then she knew what the rest of her dream must have been. She rubbed her eyes and reached for her phone on the nightstand, checking the time: 7:50. Ten minutes before her alarm was set to go off. She canceled the alarm and set the phone back on her nightstand, then grabbed her covers and brought them back up to her chin, rolling over on her side. She was awake enough that she knew she wouldn’t fall back asleep, but she didn’t feel like moving yet. The prospect of actually putting her feet on the floor and starting her day seemed like a daunting task, one that was beyond her capabilities this Monday morning.

But it was the first day back after the holiday weekend and finals were only two weeks away. She had the panicked students who would be demanding her attention, as well as mounds of grading to look forward to.

“Ugh.” She gave a disgusted, weary sigh as she flung the covers off and sat up, then reached for her glasses. No matter what type of frames she had, they always felt crooked on her nose, and her current thin wire ones were no exception. Sighing again, she stretched her arms out wide and leaned back, reveling in the movement of her muscles and the feel of her back popping. Finally, she smiled. “Good stretch.”

She realized, as she walked to her closet to look for clothes, that what she needed to cheer herself up was a good dose of Bill. She knew where to find him this early, and she quickly got dressed and combed her unruly hair, putting it in a clip to keep it in place, then grabbed her bag off the kitchen chair and her keys off the table and left the house. She made a quick stop at her favorite coffee shop to grab herself a cup of Colombian and a sweet caramel concoction they made in-house, giving it some chichi froufrou name that Lou was almost embarrassed to even say, reminding her of those old IHOP commercials.

As she was waiting in line behind all the other people in a hurry to get to work, she heard the person behind her give a slight cough, almost as if they were trying to get her attention, even though it seemed unlikely that anyone else she knew would be there, especially that early. Next, she heard a voice behind her say, “This is your favorite place, isn’t it, Dr. Silver?”

Surprised to hear her name from an unfamiliar voice, she turned around and came face to chin with a young woman with a short cropped blond haircut, definitely young enough to be one of her students. She didn’t recognize her, though, and thought she must be a nonmajor who

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