The Watcher by Heather Kindt

Author:Heather Kindt [Kindt, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Parliament House

“Jonas?” Laney shot a look at Nick, her eyes wide. “What’s his last name?”

“I don’t know. I think it was something like Webster.” Missy twirled the end of her hair as she checked her image in her mirror. “Don’t really like the sound of it—Missy Webster. Why can’t the man of my dreams have a last name like Rockefeller or Trump? Sounds much more powerful.”

“What do you know about this guy?” Nick tried to hide his concern while Laney wore it all over her face.

“He’s a senior. He says he’s been here for a while, but I don’t believe him. I would’ve noticed.” Missy stared out the window. “The man is so hot, and he’s asked me to the dance.” She squealed again. “I’ve got to find the perfect dress, and he’s promised to rent a limo and match his tux.”

Laney sighed and leaned her head against the wall, trying to seem nonchalant, while her heart beat like a drum proclaiming Missy’s death sentence in her chest. This was not happening again.

“You can’t go with him.” She had to be blunt with Missy.

“Why?” Missy dug through her closet. She threw assorted sweaters on the ground in a rainbow pile of wool. “Here it is.” She held up her winter hat.

“Because… you just can’t. I need you to trust me.” Laney wasn’t ready to involve the police yet. If she told Missy that Jonas murdered Jason, the whole mess would head in that direction.

“Don’t be silly.” She pulled on her coat and gestured at Nick. “I assume the two of you are going. You can’t have all the fun.” Without another word, she was out the door.

“That went well.” Nick grimaced, then plopped down next to Laney. “We’ll make sure she’s safe and do our best to keep her away from him.”

“That’s just it.” Laney stood back up, unable to keep up the semi-calm state she put on for Missy. “William and I were supposed to keep Jason safe. We all know how that story ended.”

“You put the whole weight of the world on your shoulders.” He leaned forward, his hands folded between his knees like a concerned psychiatrist.

“But it’s my world!” Her voice echoed through the room. She didn’t want her dorm mates to call the resident assistant and complain, so she toned down her voice. “I have a responsibility for what I created. Just like if a mad scientist created some type of biochemical that overtook the world. He’d need to find a way to stop it when it was out of his hands.”

“You’re comparing yourself to a mad scientist? You’re an author. It’s not your fault that you’re a genetically-mutated author.”

She cracked a smile, whipping the pillow behind her head at Nick.

“Oh, I see how it is.” He grabbed the pink pillows from Missy’s bed and sent them in a barrage at Laney before throwing himself onto the bed next to her.

She whacked him with the weapons used against her. She laughed for the first time in months, releasing the tension knotted deep in her stomach.

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