Knack (Benjamin Brown Book 1) by Twitchel Tom

Author:Twitchel, Tom [Twitchel, Tom]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: JETLAUNCH
Published: 2015-07-06T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

The following day I got up early and decided to travel over to Freemont Park. I hadn’t been there in a long time and I wanted a change of scenery. Breno had been nowhere to be found and I just couldn’t force myself to track him down to be my babysitter. And, let’s be honest, I was being rebellious. My independent streak was cranked up a little after all the well-intended meddling. My body wasn’t the only thing that needed healing. My bank account was still pretty sickly too.

I even broke down and wore the mask Maddy had bought me, but cloudy skies and intermittent sprinkling reduced the crowd and my business so I was forced to cut it short. My take for the day had been light as a result and I decided that I would have to wait for better weather.

It was during the bus ride home that things got weird.

Traffic was moving slowly and there were a lot of weekend travelers. The bus stopped often and it was almost full. On again off again rain never developed into a good steady downpour. With no rain to streak the windows and distract me, I tried to content myself with counting out-of-state license plates.

When we stopped about four miles from my apartment, a light touch on my shoulder made me turn and look up—right into a pair of lavender eyes.

“Is this seat taken?” Miss Hoch asked.

Panic stricken, all I could do was shake my head. She smiled pleasantly and sat down with her purse in her lap—and proceeded to ignore me.

What the hell!? At first, I just sat there shaking and stared out the window looking away from her and hiding my face. But I couldn’t stand it and kept turning just enough so I could see her out of the corner of my eye. There wasn’t the slightest indication that she had recognized me. That was impossible. I had looked at her right in the eyes and I hadn’t changed that much in the years since she had last seen me.

My not-so-furtive glances finally made her look in my direction. Keeping my mouth shut, I just stared at her, completely overwhelmed with the no-win scenario staring me in the face. I had nothing.

“Do I know you young man?” she asked, not unkindly.

“You don’t know me?” I asked. Brilliant.

She chuckled. “I’m afraid not. Do I look like someone you used to know? I get that a lot lately.”

The insides of the bus seemed to elongate and tilt slightly. I felt a little dizzy.

“No, ma’am. I thought you looked familiar, but maybe I was mistaken.”

“Well, don’t worry about it.” She turned and stared straight ahead with no hesitation, no frown and no wide-eyed moment of recognition.

I couldn’t figure out what was going on. I knew it was she and besides, how many people have eyes that color? But she didn’t know me. I was only sensing mild confusion in her and nothing like suspicion at all.

“Ma’am,” she turned to look at me again; her brows rose questioningly.

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