Better Deeds Than Words by Georgina Guthrie

Author:Georgina Guthrie [Guthrie, Georgina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, New Adult & College, Contemporary Fiction
Amazon: B00KFPE5FG
Publisher: Omnific Publishing
Published: 2014-05-18T04:00:00+00:00

Like virtually everyone else on campus, Cara went home for Easter. I had to accept that her words would run on repeat in my head for four days.

Stuck at Jackman alone, my only respite from the excruciating boredom was the flurry of emails that Daniel and I bandied back and forth. I read his messages voraciously, drinking in his words and allowing them to gather in my mind, wishing they’d squeeze the less savory thoughts out of my brain. They didn’t.

My sleep was disturbed on Saturday night by a strange dream in which Cara stood before Daniel and me, pointing an accusing finger and telling anyone who would listen that we were engaged in inappropriate actions. Then a mysterious girl was there, holding a voice recorder up to Cara’s mouth, gathering damning evidence against us. Though I had no clue what Nicola looked like, somehow I knew that this girl in my dream was Daniel’s accuser from Oxford.

Daniel’s mother and father were there, too, shaking their heads in disappointment. Dean Grant was reading from an enormous book detailing the University’s Code of Conduct. My mouth was moving, but no sound came out. Daniel gasped and clutched his chest, but my hands were bound to my sides—I couldn’t even reach out to comfort him.

I woke with a start, stomach churning, the details of the dream haunting in their vividness. The dream lingered at the edges of my consciousness all day while Cara’s whispered threat came back to me again and again.

At six o’clock on Sunday night, the silence of the apartment was interrupted by the buzzer—someone calling up from the lobby. My first thought was Daniel. He wouldn’t risk coming here, would he? I pressed the intercom.

“Hello?”

“Aubrey, it’s me, Penny. Can you pop down here for a minute?”

“Of course! I’ll be right there!”

I quickly threw a sweatshirt over my T-shirt and slipped on some shoes. Why on earth would Penny be here? When I reached the lobby and pushed the door open for her, the look of affection and sympathy on her face just about made me buckle at the knees. She reached out to hug me with one arm.

“Happy Easter, lovey.”

“Thanks. You too. This is a surprise. What are you doing here?”

She handed me a plastic bag.

“Special delivery.”

“What is it?”

“Open it when you get upstairs. I guarantee you’ll love it. Look, I can’t stay. Brad’s waiting in the truck. We’re on our way to the airport in a couple of hours.”

“That’s right. I hope everything goes smoothly on your trip. Have fun, okay?”

“I will.” She hugged me again and whispered in my ear, “Just a little over a fortnight and this will all be over. Keep your chin up. And if it makes you feel any better, Daniel’s absolutely beside himself missing you.”

I nodded. “This isn’t easy on either of us.” I held up the bag. “Thanks for this.”

“Not to worry, love. Bye, then. Good luck studying,” she said, pushing through the door.

“How long are you gone?” I called after her.

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