Hidden Lies (The Hidden Series Book 2) by Kristin Coley

Author:Kristin Coley [Coley, Kristin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-12-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

The next week followed much like the week before. I was accompanied by babysitters between every class. The only exception was Jules, who I hadn’t seen in three days. I had the feeling she was dodging me, now that she knew I knew her secret.

Connor was his usual laidback self, leading me to suspect she hadn’t brought it up to him. I wondered what she was waiting for, but since she wasn’t around, I didn’t have a chance to ask.

Jake seemed more and more tense, as the friction between him and his captain had grown, since they’d made the connection between the missing girls and the drowned kidnapper. Jake and Connor had managed to find the guy’s car, and the evidence in it tied the missing girls to the drowning victim. The captain was suspicious as to why they’d bothered to look for a link, and refused to give the missing girls’ cases to Jake and Connor, frustrating them further.

Danny was usually the one to escort us to our late class on Tuesday and Thursday, since he had to come after work to do his bodyguard duty. On Tuesday, he’d surprised me by asking Carly out to dinner, after bringing us to my dorm. He usually walked Carly to her car and then walked me to the dorm, but this time he switched it up, and there was no doubt about what her response would be.

She’d called me the next morning on the way to class, gushing about their date. I had to hang up on her when class started, and she switched to texting me. We didn’t share any classes on Wednesday, so she was limited to texting and waiting on my response, until I got out of class, a fact that seemed to aggravate her, based on the fifteen texts I had waiting for me when I finally did get out of class. I attempted to respond to them, while Connor escorted me to class, his hand around my elbow, leading me, since I wasn’t paying attention to where we were going.

It wasn’t until we arrived at my next class that I realized how unusual it was. Connor would normally be joking and telling me stupid shit to text to Carly. No way would he have been silent the entire way.

“Hey,” I said, grabbing his arm as he turned to go, leaving me at the door without a word. His distraction was apparent when I gazed at him. He leaned over and kissed my forehead.

“I’ll be back after class,” he told me, his thoughts obviously miles away. I held on tighter to his arm, and he glanced at me, saying, “It’s okay. We’ll talk when I get back.” I nodded slowly, concern catching me off guard. It wasn’t often I had to worry about easy-going Connor, and I didn’t like the feeling at all.

I walked into class, distracted by Connor’s odd behavior, and it took me a few minutes to notice I was the only one in there.

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