Reborn by Jennifer Rush

Author:Jennifer Rush
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Juvenile Fiction / Love & Romance, Juvenile Fiction / Science & Technology, Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2015-01-05T16:00:00+00:00

23

NICK

“WHAT THE FUCK?” I SAID IN A RUSH, once Elizabeth was out of earshot.

The smile on Chloe’s face disappeared like a snuffed-out flame. “Calm down. I’m not going to say anything.”

She was the girl. The girl I’d picked up at Arrow two nights ago. The girl who told me her name was Sarah.

Sarah/Chloe was Elizabeth’s best friend?

The whiskey in my gut turned sour and cold. It wasn’t just the connection between the two girls—there had been something off about Chloe. She hadn’t blinked an eye when I’d come out of my flashback and nearly knocked her on her ass.

I twisted around on my bar stool and propped my elbows on the bar top, burying my hands in my hair.

Chloe leaned in to me and lowered her voice. “Lis doesn’t need to know. Nothing happened between us anyway. Remember? You went ape-shit before anything could.”

“Ape-shit.” I snorted and shifted so that I could look at her through the gap of my bent arm. “How the hell does something like this happen? You of all people! Her best friend?”

She frowned and rested her chin in the palm of her hand. “Something tells me you pick up a lot of girls. And something tells me that the likelihood of this happening is actually pretty damn high considering how cute I am.”

I scowled her way. “You are unbelievable.”

“Me?” Her free hand fluttered at her chest. “I should be the one worried here. I’m Lis’s best friend, and you are clearly, somehow, questionably important to her. And, if I had to guess, you don’t place much importance on anyone you meet.” She pulled herself upright. “Just what are your intentions with Lissy, anyway?”

I mirrored her, pulling back from the bar top. The stool creaked beneath me. “My intentions? Well, I don’t plan on courting her, if that’s what you mean.”

A hoarse laugh escaped her throat. “Despite my better judgment, I actually like you. You’re not a pussy.”

She had no idea, and I was grateful for the flashback that’d interrupted us. If it hadn’t, what else might have happened between us? What else might she have figured out about me? Elizabeth knew some of my past, but she didn’t know the scary parts. And if she did, then she’d push me away and this whole mission would turn to ash.

Chloe narrowed her eyes, as if she sensed the horrible things I was hiding.

“What did happen the other night?” she asked. “What happened to you?”

“Migraine,” I said quickly, too quickly.

“Sure.” The look on her face said she knew it was bullshit, but she didn’t press, and I wasn’t about to elaborate.

Elizabeth came up behind me, her uniform apron gone, her purse slung over her body. “Ready?”

Chloe and I shared a look. If she could keep her mouth shut about the other night, then so could I. I just wasn’t sure if I could hide the growing elephant in the room.

“Ready,” I said.

Elizabeth led the way out.

Chloe shot a look over her shoulder at me and winked as she walked away.

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