A Secret Service by Joy Jenkins

Author:Joy Jenkins [Jenkins, Joy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Girl Power Galaxy
Published: 2020-12-14T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 31

Thunder clouds clashed outside and lightning streaked across the sky. Rain pummeled the cafeteria windows, a constant drumming in Carter’s ears. She sat with her back pressed against the cold pane, the chill leaching into her. But she didn’t move. She felt trapped in the day before, everything she’d said, everything she didn’t say.

Amy’s bubbly voice traveled to the table a second before she came into view, Link beside her. The couple sat next to each other, talking happily. When Donovan slid in next to Carter, his arm brushed hers. He eyed her uneaten sandwich.

“It’s yours if you want it,” Carter said.

“Not hungry?”

She shook her head. Somehow it seemed easier to be numb because now all she felt was lost.

“Are you going to tell me what actually happened yesterday?” Donovan said, angling toward her.

“I did. I talked to her. Found out she is engaged and left.”

Donovan continued to study her, which irked Carter.

“What?” she snapped.

“Yesterday. Did you talk to her or did you badger her?”

Carter straightened. “What’s that supposed to mean?”

“Exactly what I said. Did you talk or did you go in looking for a fight?”

Right then, Carter wanted to hit him. “I went to talk.”

“But you ended up looking for a fight,” he said.

“How could you possibly know that?”

“Because,” he said, “regardless of what you think, I know you.” Donovan stared at her like she was a puzzle he could easily solve. “And I know if you had talked to her, actually talked to her, you wouldn’t look this way.”

“Yeah,” Carter scoffed. “And what is that? Still pissed over what she did?”

As Donovan regarded her with a touch of pity, Carter felt her defenses rising up to protect her. “No. Lost.”

He struck home and Carter hated him for it. “I’m not lost,” she hissed. “I know exactly what is happening and who she is.”

Donovan didn’t back down, his face close to hers. “Do you?”

The question poked at Carter’s self-created walls. “You are the one who doesn’t know anything.”

To her annoyance, Donovan eased back and shrugged. “You’re right. I only know what you’ve told me and what I see. Maybe you should find out if you are the one not seeing clearly.”

Furious with Donovan, with herself, with everything, Carter snatched up her bag. “Don’t assume you know everything.”

“Maybe you should listen to your own advice.”

Carter stormed out of the cafeteria, a startled Link calling after her.

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