Judge by the Cover: High School, Drama & Deadly Vices (Hafu Sans Halo Book 1) by Melissa Abigail

Author:Melissa Abigail [Abigail, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Abielle-à-Miel
Published: 2017-10-30T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER seven

year of the dragon

Everything looked good. Haruna hoped—no—believed Saturday was going to work out. There was no reason why it shouldn't. So unsurprisingly, Saturday didn't go quite as she had hoped.

It must have been the way of the universe.

The sunlight's orange glare against Haruna's shuttered eyelids woke her. She lifted herself from the downy softness of her bed and calmly observed her room through bleary eyes. It was Saturday, but something felt off. She sleepily looked to her clock and blanched.

"Ten-thirty? I overslept?"

Haruna jumped to her feet and flung her sheets away, in a frenzy darting across the room searching for a change of clothing. She rarely ever got up past eight o'clock, but she'd been worn-out. Not only had she slept like a log, she also forgot to set her alarm. She had to meet Ryu at 10 AM—two hours before she'd be meeting Mani at noon!

Marie wasn't home, but she had left a note stating she would be in a meeting for "consulting." Despite this, she had set aside some waffles she had made before leaving. That and two twenty dollar bills, Haruna’s allowance for the week. Haruna pocketed it, not bothering with breakfast as she headed out the door. She was going to a restaurant anyway.

Once at the diner, Haruna checked her cell for the time: Eleven-thirty.

She was late, horribly so, but still Ryu was nowhere in sight. She fell into a state of silent panic, fearing the worst. He came and having not seen her, left. Great. Haruna was left staring into space wondering what the next move was. It wasn't like the pair had exchanged numbers, so she had no way of contacting him. She pocketed her phone, deciding she might as well order something and sit. That's when her phone suddenly began to vibrate. Mani. She clicked it on and saw a number she didn't recognize. She opened the message and silently read:

It's Ryu.

Haruna frowned. "How did he get my number?"

Another message followed:

Running late. Got caught up with stuff. Will be there in a few.

She rolled her eyes. So here she was thinking she'd been the one to screw up things when as it turned out—he hadn't even shown up at all. She checked for the time once again and saw that it was quarter to twelve. There was no choice left but to make the call. That is, to call Mani to cancel. Wanting to explain as little as possible, Haruna hastily settled for a text:

Sorry, let's call off our date. I’ll see you at the church later.

Shortly after she hit send, the phone rang and with a fluster she answered, dreading the conversation.

"Hey, babe. What's up?" Well. He didn't sound upset.

"You… got my text, right?"

"Uh, about that. What do you mean 'call it off ’?"

"Well something came up, so…"

"That's too bad since I'm already here."

Haruna jerked her head upwards and watched as Mani strolled through the door. She gave a resigned sigh and cancelled the call. Mani was early. Punctuality was one of his best qualities, but unfortunately, not today.

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