Thunder Rolls (The Almeida Brothers Trilogy Book 2) by Trevion Burns

Author:Trevion Burns [Burns, Trevion]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-09-29T23:00:00+00:00

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The next week crawled by, probably because, with each passing day, Chase’s desk went empty.

Lila wondered if he’d dropped her class.

Finally, Thursday rolled around, and there he was.

Now, however, like the other students, Chase stayed distracted during her lecture. He doodled, avoided her eyes, ignored her questions, and seemed to be doing everything in his power to blank her out of existence.

Her lecture flew by, and she could only hope she hadn’t spent the majority of it staring at his face.

Once class was dismissed, Chase began gathering his things in a hurry. Gone were the days that he lagged behind in the hope of catching a minute alone with her. No, today his bags were packed, and he was on his feet within seconds.

“Mr. Almeida!” Lila lowered her voice when her shrieking stole the attention from most of the students who were currently filing out of the long rows of tables. “Mr. Almeida?”

Chase froze in the middle of his row, gripping his bag closer to his chest.

Lila saw his jaw tighten, and her own did the same as she straightened her skirt suit. “See me up front, please?”

For a long while, he didn’t move, not even as he held up the students waiting to exit the row behind him. He stood stoically for so long, in fact, that most of them turned and moved the opposite way, taking the longer path to freedom. They made noises of annoyance and threw looks of venom Chase’s way, none of which he noticed. The only student that made the uncomfortable choice to squeeze past him and take the shorter route was Ronnie. He clapped a hand on Chase’s shoulder as he moved, shaking his head once he made it to the stairs, which he bounded up two at a time to get to the top.

Finally, pulling his bag even tighter, Chase began to move out of the row and onto the staircase. He stared down at his feet as he descended the steps, licking his teeth under his tightly sealed lips.

As he grew closer to her, Lila went through a variety of different cycles. She crossed her arms, and then uncrossed them. Leaned on the desk, and then stood tall. She pushed her hair behind her shoulders and then fanned it back out in front of her eyes.

By the grace of god, she finally managed to stand still, having to clutch her hands into tight fists to achieve it.

Chase didn’t look at her as he approached, instead watching the floor in front of him. Not even when he came to a stop a few feet away from her did he bother to meet her eyes.

This time, when she fell back onto the desk behind her, she stayed there. Her nails clawed at the wood underneath, and her eyes shot to the top of the classroom just as the last of her students filed out. It was a holiday weekend, so none of the students had stuck around to talk to her after class. There was, apparently, far too much partying to do.

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