Every Which Way by Calia Read

Author:Calia Read [Read, Calia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: General Fiction
ISBN: 9781480297272
Publisher: Calia Read
Published: 2012-11-12T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-five

Severine was only gone for five days. It felt like five weeks.

The hurt was still raw, but what made her mad more than anything was the fact that her dad’s visit overshadowed the true reason for her visit.

She tried to focus on homework. The open laptop beckoned her to finish her report. She couldn’t focus on anything because she kept replaying the dinner spent with her mom and dad. They talked like everything was okay—like they were the closest of friends. When he left that night, true to form, her mom was more of a basket case than before he arrived. The silence inside her dorm room was killing her. Severine grabbed her phone and quickly texted Lily.

Meet me at the coffee shop. Overwhelmed.

Lily’s reply was instant. K chica. See you soon.

Severine could call Macsen and meet him. There was a chance that he wouldn’t answer. There was an even higher percentage that he would be distant if he did meet up with her. He was treading lightly around her, acting afraid to say anything wrong.

Severine just wanted things to be normal between them. Everything else in her life was already turned upside down. She didn’t need for him to change. Right now, she needed him the most. She needed his shoulder to lean on and for someone to open up to.

In a rush, Severine grabbed her jacket off the back of her chair and hurriedly put it over her tan sweater. She didn’t give her car time to warm up, rather, she pulled out the minute it started and sped to the coffee shop.

There was so much on her mind. Lily was the only one she could trust with her feelings. She wasn’t a journal type of girl. Most times, she harbored everything. Right now, she had to have her friend.

She saw Lily already sitting at a couch facing the windows. Her coffee sat on the coffee table and next to it stood a frappe. Severine hurried inside and sat down next to her. This was the exact same spot she had discovered the Sloan brothers; the same spot Thayer had challenged her with one glare, and Macsen had snatched her curiosity. It seemed like a fitting place to be.

“Please tell me that drink is for me.”

Lily glanced up at her magazine and pointed. “Spiced chai frappe, with extra whipped cream. It seems like an extra whipped cream kind of night.”

“Are you psychic? This is exactly what I needed.”

“What’s up? Why did ya wanna meet so late?” Lily still flipped through the magazine. She was giving Severine time to say what was really bothering her.

Her hands held the plastic cup tightly. Straight to the bone, her fingers felt numb—just like her feelings. “I saw my dad while at my mom’s.”

Beside her, the pages stopped turning. “Are you serious?” Lily asked quietly, for their ears only.

Severine clenched her eyes tightly and turned her body towards Lily. “He came with Rennick and only stayed for a few hours. But it just ticked me off.

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