Darkest Dawn by Katlyn Duncan

Author:Katlyn Duncan [Duncan, Katlyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781474031998
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2015-10-11T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Sloane

I entered the living room after the phone call with Dad. “I bought myself some more time.” A sigh burst from my lips. If it weren’t for me talking, I could have sworn I’d held my breath through the whole conversation.

Bri smiled and she was as relieved as I was. I wasn’t ready to leave yet. Not without answers and not without staying with Bri a little longer. “What did you tell him?”

“A field trip.” I sat on the chair, sinking into the worn cushion. It felt like home. “He will be back from Paris on Monday. I said I would be gone until Wednesday.”

“Good.” Bri stood up.

“What should we do in the meantime?” Tucker asked.

“I have homework to do,” Bri said quietly. “You can watch TV or something.”

Mindless television would make my mind wander. The least I could do for her was help her out for giving me a better place to stay the night. “Homework it is then.”

Max, Bri, and I spent a few hours on a week’s worth of calculus, biology, chemistry, and Spanish homework. And by the time we were done, the sun had already started descending the other half of the sky. Bri’s eyes moved to her phone every few minutes. A couple of text messages had come through that made us both jump, but none of them were from Abbey.

She was more studious than me. At least I was able to contribute to the Spanish homework as I could speak it pretty well, considering I had to retake it several times during our many moves across the country. Math and science never clicked for me.

Tucker laughed from the other room; he’d been watching reruns of a sitcom.

A knock on the door made us all jump. I headed for my position in the living room as I had when the police visited. Before I could get there the door swung open.

“Hello?” Jake’s voice called from the hallway. He entered the living room and his face lit up when he saw me. Heat rushed to my cheeks.

“Hey,” Bri said from the doorway.

Jake closed his eyes tightly for a second then diverted his smile to Bri.

I moved to the side as he pushed past me and went into the kitchen. “I brought some food.”

Tucker launched off the couch and into the kitchen.

“How are you still hungry?” Max followed him.

I hovered in the doorway, watching the group of friends sift through the food. Watching them interact made me realize how much I missed having friends.

Bri motioned for me to come into the room. “Are you hungry?”

“Sure.” I joined the group and picked a hamburger from the assortment.

Jake leaned against the counter, his arms crossed over his chest. That disarming smile he’d given me the night we met was long gone. “Who’s going to fill me in?”

Bri and Tucker gave him the cliff notes version of the story. Unlike with Max, I didn’t chime in. What was it about Jake that stripped me of all words? No guy had ever made me different.

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