Spies Like Me (M.I.T.H.O.S Book 1) by Lexie Winston

Author:Lexie Winston [Winston, Lexie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780645375336
Publisher: Neighpalm Publishing
Published: 2023-03-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

The school isn’t very far from the town center. After a short fifteen-minute walk, I’m on a quaint bustling main street. There are tall magnolias throwing shade all over beautiful rest areas with seating. Groups of people are enjoying the afternoon sunshine, but they all look at me and frown before turning their backs and ignoring me. Hmm, I guess the bruises make people a little wary, or they are all judgy as fuck. It doesn’t matter to me, I’m not here to make friends. I keep walking a little farther toward what seems to be the retail hub of this small town.

There is a mall off to one side, which seems to have some interesting boutiques and shop fronts, but I bypass it completely. It looks high end, and my cover as a foster child makes shopping there an impossibility. Down the street is a café called Mug Shot Diner, and I can see a whole heap of kids inside. I stop pretending to look at the phone in my hand while I suss out who is in there. I can see a group of boys in their letterman jackets, so it must be the football team. They are surrounded by a group of girls wearing cheerleading uniforms, but not one of them is Sophie and her friends.

I keep surreptitiously scanning the crowd until I get to who I’m looking for. I find Ryland, Miller, Lathan, and Bishop in a booth in the back surrounded by the girls. I don’t know what they are playing at, but Jessica is on Miller’s lap, Ryland has Sophie, and Michelle is with Bishop. The last couple are making out hard core, but Ryland and Miller look like they are trying to fight their lap sitters off. I’d giggle if I didn’t think it would draw attention. Lathan is the only one without a girl on his lap, but I can see Lucy pouting next to him. He has a laptop in front of him and seems to be fully involved in what he’s doing. Well, I guess I can ask them about what their game plan is later, but I feel a wave of irrational jealousy as Jessica leans in and presses a kiss against Miller’s pouting lips. I’m not sure what that’s about, and I plan on ignoring it completely.

Turning my back to them, I hurry down the street, trying to get the layout of the rest of the main shopping precinct. There are few more cute cafes, a bookstore, and a hardware store, and across the road is the town library, the town hall, and the police precinct. On the next corner over is the fire station and the coast guard headquarters. At lunch, Cassie said that the wharf is a dock for one of the many ships that patrol the waters off the coast.

I contemplate turning back, but as I scan the rest of the street, I see a small sign with an arrow pointing into an alley. The sign says, “The Inkubus,” and has a stylized tattoo gun next to the fancy words.

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