Room Service by Maren Stoffels
Author:Maren Stoffels [Stoffels, Maren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2021-06-29T00:00:00+00:00
All my anger flows into this one moment. Claus doesnât even get a chance to say anything because I grab his jacket and pull him out into the hallway.
He falls onto his knees and starts shouting, but his words donât get through to me. Even what Linnea says completely passes me by.
How did he dare go see her when I was there with her?
How did he dare destroy Kate again? He has no idea what kind of hell weâve been through this past year.
I raise my fist and look into his eyes.
âAdmit it,â I say with a voice that sounds like it doesnât belong to me. âAdmit that she didnât want you anymore!â
âFender!â Linnea is hanging on my arm. âFender, itâs not him.â
âAdmit it, you filthy, disgustingââ
âFender, listen. This isnât Claus!â
Slowly, Linneaâs words get through to me. Itâs like I was looking through the wrong lenses, as the man suddenly comes into focus. Heâs way too old to be Claus. He has to be in his thirties. Besides, heâs not wearing glasses, and his hair is brown, not black.
Shocked, I let go of him.
âAre you out of your mind?â The man scrambles to his feet and shoves me hard into the doorpost. âWhatâs the deal?â
âSorry.â Linnea quickly steps forward. âIt was a misunderstanding.â
âSay what?â The man furiously straightens his jacket. One of the buttons is missing. I can see it on the floor by my feet.
âFirst I find broken glass all over my room. Then I see that someoneâs been at my minibar. And now this!â
âBroken glass?â echoes Linnea, looking past the man and into the room.
âYes, glass.â The manâs eyes are ablaze. âAnd what are you looking at?â
âIs thisâ¦your room?â
âYes, of course this is my room! Are you two leaving now? Iâm calling Security.â
Linnea grabs me by the arm and pulls me down the hallway. We keep running until we get back to the stairsâand then she stops.
âWhy didnât you listen?â she fires at me.
Nervously, I crack my fingers. I just attacked someone for the third time today. And it was the wrong person. Iâm a ticking time bomb, and I keep going off.
âWhat am I supposed to do if you send me to the wrong room?â I say.
âThat was the right room! I was just in there with Claus.â
I shake my head. âThen how come that manâ¦â
âDidnât you hear what he said? About finding a broken glass? And about someone using his minibar?â
âSo?â
âClaus offered me a drink and tried to insist that I drink it before I left. When I didnât, he must have gotten so mad that he smashed it.â
âWhy would he get that mad at you for turning down a drink?â
As I say the words, it dawns on me. A wave of nausea washes over me, and I desperately try to swallow it away.
Would he really go so far as to put something in Linneaâs drink?
What if Linnea had actually drunk it? None of us knew she was in his room.
Where is he now? That wasnât his room, so he could be anywhere.
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