The Medium of Desire by Alex McGlothlin

Author:Alex McGlothlin [McGlothlin, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Brett couldn’t turn his thoughts away from Olivia. What had he done wrong? He replayed every moment they’d spent together, searching for clues. Had he crossed a line? No, she kissed him first, and she seemed to enjoy it. Maybe something in her past haunted her? The clouds parted in the sky and a ray of sunshine spilled down into his studio. Or maybe he was reading too much into the skipped class? Maybe she’d forgotten, maybe she’d been spending time with her parents or a friend, and the lesson had just slipped her mind. He couldn’t relax for needing to know. He was skeptical he would figure it out anytime soon.

He tried to punch her number into his phone, but with trembling hands he kept missing a digit and having to start over. His heart skipped when the phone rang.

“Hello?” Olivia asked, her voice shaky.

“Hey, it’s Brett. What’s going on?”

“Not too much.”

“I was just calling about the lesson we were supposed to have yesterday?”

“Oh yeah, sorry. I should have texted you. I was on a Tinder date and lost track of time.”

A Tinder date? What was she doing on a Tinder date? Why was she telling him that? What the hell? He wondered if anything had happened. He wanted to see her even more. He felt so weak, malnourished.

“Let’s reschedule.”

“When?”

“How about today?”

“Today? I’m kind of busy today.”

“I was going to show you how to paint mountains,” Brett said, trying to strengthen the meekness in his voice. He had to be strong.

“Well, I had been wanting to paint Mount Rainier.”

“Yea? Why Mount Rainier?” Brett asked.

“I used to go there when I was a little girl,” Olivia said. “Is that a bad reason?”

“It’s as good a reason as any.”

“When would you like me to come over?”

“I’ll be at the studio all day.” He looked at the countless crusty brushes he had neglected to clean, lying fallow among the rest of the objects on his table of interesting things.

“So I can come over anytime?”

“Anytime you’d like.”

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