Society Girls: Camari by Crystal Perkins

Author:Crystal Perkins [Perkins, Crystal]
Language: eng
Format: epub

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Camari

It’s nice to be back to work. I know not everyone feels that way about their job, and I was technically doing my job this whole time, but I like this building, and the people I know in it. I like knowing I’ll be able to come back to it once I complete missions, and that I have a place here. A home.

I greet Alex in the Foundation lobby, and walk back to Reina’s office. Ainsley and Audrey are already there, so I take a seat, and tell them what I learned last night. I feel a little bad about revealing Lennon’s secrets, but it explains so much about why he felt he had to bring us all down, and I know I have to tell them. I trust these women to understand like I do, and be willing to try and help.

“I was going to work on the photos you sent today,” Ainsley tells me. “We had to finish mission prep for Darcy, or I would’ve done it sooner.”

“It actually worked out better this way. Camari was able to get the information on her own, and that shows she can work effectively in the field,” Reina says.

“He trusted me, and that’s why he told me.”

I should be basking in her approval, but that little bit of bad I was feeling just turned into more. I used the man I’ve come to care about, and although I didn’t force him to tell me what he did, I made him believe he could trust me. I didn’t lie about how I feel, but I’ve lied about everything else. And I also feel bad, because I was the one they sent in, and I’m afraid I know exactly why I was chosen.

“All of your missions won’t be like this,” Audrey tells me.

“So, you don’t expect me to sleep with them all? I mean, I’ve done that for years, right?”

Reina reels back like I slapped her. “You can’t really think that. Oh my God, no Camari. Never.”

“I know you want to punish me.”

“Can you two leave us alone, please?”

Audrey and Ainsley leave, and once the door closes, she moves around her desk and sits with me.

“I shouldn’t have said that.”

“Is it really how you feel? I thought you knew I was truly sorry for how I treated you in the past.”

“I never loved him. I thought I did, but I didn’t.”

“Even if you did, I wouldn’t punish you. I really thought this would help you, and I can see it has.”

“How?” I ask, even though I already know.

She’s told me why I was sent on this mission, and so has Audrey, but I want to know what changes she sees.

“You did something brave when you left your town, Camari. You did what you had to do to survive, but you also lost who you once were. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, except you lost the girl who appreciated everything she had. In saving—and transforming—yourself, you became a woman who fought for everything, but have had little appreciation for any of it.

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