Hunted by Christine Kersey

Author:Christine Kersey [Kersey, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wind Chimes Publishing
Published: 2013-11-04T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

When I arrived in the cafeteria I got in line and looked over the room. Lori was already sitting at the table with Taylor and Madison—her two most ardent followers. I’d found out they were roommates, and Emily and Brittany were roommates. At least they all seemed well-matched. Brittany and Emily seemed less enthusiastic about the whole F.A.T. center concept. Of course I didn’t know if Taylor and Madison really felt the way they claimed or if they were just sucking up to Lori.

And what had Lori meant when she’d said her dad was trying to work everything out? If he had so much pull, how did she end up here in the first place?

I gathered my food and started walking toward my table—I didn’t see Amy at her table yet. After a few steps I saw Jessica sitting with a group of kids and stopped next to her. “Did you get your homework done?”

She gave me a look of fake apology. “Oh sorry, Hannah. But no. Not quite yet. But thanks so much for covering for me. I truly appreciate it.”

I’ll bet you do. I wanted to tell her that getting her homework done was not my problem and that she’d better show up to clean after lunch or else, but I noticed all of her friends staring at me, so instead I smiled and silently seethed. The last thing I needed was to make more enemies. I was supposed to fly under the radar, not create a growing list of People Who Hate Morgan/Hannah.

I walked away without comment and when I got to my table, Lori glared at me.

“There she is now,” she said, like she’d been talking about me.

I added her to the aforementioned list, along with Beth, Hansen, and all the other Enforcers. And possibly Amy. Maybe even Billy. A feeling of self-pity that no one liked me swept over me as I sat in the chair furthest from Lori and picked up my spork. Taylor and Madison ignored me, probably on orders from Lori, so I just began eating, and wondered who in this world cared about me, or even liked me—I would even settle for someone who didn’t recoil at the site of me. Then I thought of Jessica and was sure she wasn’t mad at me, but that was only because I was doing her work for her—and not by choice.

Emily and Brittany appeared, smiling and talking, and I thought at least Emily seemed to be a candidate for a friend. They sat next to each other, Emily next to me.

“Hey,” she said to the group.

“Hey,” Taylor said.

“What’s going on?” Emily asked.

“Ask Hannah,” Lori sneered.

All eyes shifted to me. This was getting ridiculous. How did I even know Lori was telling the truth about Beth? Maybe Lori was making it all up—I knew how she liked to lie to make herself look better—to have an excuse to punch me. “Lori hit me,” I stated, then took a bite of my food and sat back to watch the chaos erupt.

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