The Perfect Score by Beth Albright

Author:Beth Albright
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Published: 2014-05-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

We arrived at my car, the sunset shooting lavender and turquoise stripes across a quickly darkening night sky. Jared was inches from me as we walked to the front of the school. His arm grazed mine and sent a wave of prickles on my skin. I think he knew it, too—the undeniable chemistry—literally arcing between us. He was chatty. Nothing personal though.

“Okay, this is me,” I said arriving at my car. I turned to face him, my hand on the door—he was a breath away from me. I could smell his minty gum as I looked into those gorgeous eyes. His skin held a glow in the shadows like we were in candlelight within the sunset. My heart raced being so close to him. I could tell he knew he was too close, but he was aggressive and didn’t care how nervous he was making me.

“Okay, well thanks for coming,” he said. “We’ll set something else up for next week’s column then.” He grinned at me.

“Ah, yeah, sure. Sounds great. You have my cell just in case?”

“Just in case what? You need me to bring you some more tomato juice?”

Thoughts of him helping me out in the bath swirled in my head—I tried to shake them out. “Yeah, something like that. I mean if you plan on pouring it in the tub yourself.” I flirted back with him.

He reached over to open my car door, his hand brushing against mine. The touch of his skin made me want to kiss him again. But I was on business. I had to be professional.

“I’ll have to think about that and get back to you. I mean I do have your cell—just in case.”

Jared stood in the front high school parking lot watching me drive away. I watched him in my rear-view mirror. My heart was now beating so fast and hard I could see it thumping under my blouse.

His hands were on his hips as he watched me drive away. The conflict in him was becoming evident. He was interested in me too. But he had huge trust issues, and I had a story to write. And no matter what my heart was starting to feel, I wouldn’t let Mama or myself down.

As I drove away, my head was spinning. How did Jill fit into all this? Did she know the secret? All I could think of was that I needed to find Marti, the woman from the diner. She was literally my only clue, and I didn’t even know if she really even was a clue. Maybe Jared really did have to pee, and I was reading too much into it.

I drove with the top down, the sun spending its final seconds in an orange glittery burst before it slipped into nightfall. I drove over to the Lakeview Café to meet Carrie and Georgie so we could work on the fundraiser. Maybe Georgie had learned something helpful from Jill, since hairdressers always double as a therapist.

Georgie was so different from me, actually we were all quite unique from each other.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.