Butter by Erin Jade Lange

Author:Erin Jade Lange [Lange, Erin Jade]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: C429, Extratorrents, Kat
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2012-01-22T13:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Mom didn’t give me too much trouble about my half-eaten dinner that night. I think she was still shaken by my reaction to the institute. It was easy to excuse myself early and escape to my room for some Internet time with Anna.

Hey handsome, we still on for New Year’s?

She was in a good mood.

Of course. Counting down the days.

Fifteen days to be exact. But I wasn’t really counting down to a rendezvous with Anna. More like a meet-up with a man in a long dark cloak carry ing a scythe—or what ever they call those big pointy silver sticks. I wondered if there really was such a thing as a grim reaper.

Well, do you have anything planned for us?

Oh. No, I didn’t. Now I was not only standing Anna up on New Year’s Eve, I was also crushing some fantasy she probably had about a big romantic eve ning I was supposed to be planning.

She sent another message before I could respond.

Because if you don’t, my friend Parker is having a party. We could meet there. It’s going to be huge, and his parents are out of town for the whole weekend, so there will be alcohol and no chaperones.

Parker was having a party? Was I not invited?

Of course I wasn’t invited. Those guys all knew I had other plans that night.

Then it hit me; they weren’t calling my bluff. They really did expect me to make good on my promise, and not only did they not care—they were having a fucking party. As pissed as that should have made me, all I really felt was hurt that I wasn’t invited. A party sure sounded like a hell of a lot more fun than a lonely last meal. And didn’t anyone think I might like a bit of a sendoff? Something fun to do before I pigged out for the last time?

Invitation or no, I had a plan, and for once, I made a promise to Anna that I would keep:

I’ll be there.

She just wouldn’t know it.

In fact, I wondered if I could work that in my favor. Anna would be hurt when J.P. didn’t show up. She would need a shoulder to cry on, and I could be there for her.

I shook that thought out of my head. I had deceived Anna enough without also taking advantage of her misery—misery I would be causing. I made a promise to myself that I would leave that party before Anna realized J.P. wasn’t coming. Then I wouldn’t have to see the damage I’d done.

I chatted with Anna a little longer, but my heart wasn’t in it. I kept picturing different New Year’s scenarios and how each one would play out on her overly animated face.

J.P. doesn’t show up: a crinkle at the eyes, then tears.

Butter tries to make a move: lips open in shock and horror, then eyes squeezed shut with laughter.

Butter kills himself on the Internet: a shrug and a yawn. Oh well, show’s over. What’s next?

No matter

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