The Time Loop by Anita Oh

Author:Anita Oh [Oh, Anita]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Amazon: B074Z66M4M
Published: 2017-08-19T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

There was one thing I’d been putting off doing, one last resource that we hadn’t tapped out. Even though we couldn’t contact anyone outside of school, I knew my father was somehow monitoring his spy phone in case I tried to call him. I stormed out of the Golden House and was well into the forest before I realized that Tennyson was following me.

This doesn’t have to mean anything, Tennyson said. Just because I’m connected to the loop doesn’t mean I will be harmed in any way. We can research it, find out if there’s any precedent for this kind of thing. You need to calm down, or you’ll be of no use to anyone.

He was right. Nothing good ever came out of acting from anger. I’d messed up far too many things because I’d let my emotions overrun my reason and thoughtlessly rushed in.

I stopped walking and turned to face him. He took me by the forearms and ducked his head to stare right into my face. That ridiculous lock of hair flopped across his forehead, and I wanted to reach up and brush it away. Maybe I even would have if there hadn’t been the slightest possibility he’d remember.

“We’ll get through this,” he said. “Just like we’ve gotten through everything before it.”

I nodded. Like the day in the clock tower, just the sound of his voice made it seem as though everything would be fine. We were safe. We were protected. Nothing could harm us. I knew that was a lie, just something I was telling myself to ward off panic, but it comforted me anyway if he was the one saying it.

“I still want to talk to him,” I said. “I won’t mention anything about you. I’ll just try to make him mad. He might give something away that we can use. We don’t have many other options left.”

“Fine. I’ll come with you,” he said, and we started walking through the forest. “Then we can try the lightning thing later. Maybe we should even go to the dance. I know Nikolai and Althea are disappointed we’re missing it.”

“Nikolai will only spend the whole time following Laura Montgomery around, complaining about cherry blossoms,” I said. “He should’ve just asked her to the dance instead of torturing her about it.”

Tennyson laughed. It was only a tiny laugh, more a huff of breath than anything, but still I chalked it up on the tally I was keeping of things I needed to remember once this had all vanished.

My dad had obviously been waiting for me to call. I’d barely picked up the phone when it started to ring. However he was monitoring me, he was doing it pretty closely. Tennyson stood opposite me, his eyes steady on mine as I answered the call.

“So, you haven’t solved the mystery yet, Nancy Drew?” my father said.

“I don’t know what that means,” I told him. “And I just wanted to tell you that we’re all quite happy as we are. Nobody else even realizes they’re stuck here, and as for me, well, one day is a lot like another anyway.

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