Trajectory by Emily Walker

Author:Emily Walker [Walker, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-11-13T16:00:00+00:00

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It was eight-thirty and Chloe hadn’t moved from the table. Her coffee had gotten cold and she hadn’t touched it. The sound of a truck in her driveway snapped her out of it. Her first thought was the killer was there and ready to take her out too. She wished she’d gotten a gun to keep in her home. She didn’t live with anyone, being happy until now to have a house all to herself. A gun would make her feel a lot safer. She’d have to talk to her dad about it.

Slowly, she stood up and saw it was Brent. Why was he there? He was certainly the last person she wanted to see at that moment. Not only did she look horrible, but he’d really hurt her feelings by pulling away from her.

He ran from the truck up the front steps and she met him on the porch, her face fixed in a frown, arms across her chest.

“Babe, I was worried about you.”

“I thought you wanted to take a step back?” she said, not showing any emotion and being very proud of herself for it.

“What? But...when we talked last night, I thought I made my feelings clear. You did hear what I said last night, didn’t you?” She felt sure she had to have, but she couldn’t remember. It was all a blur. She couldn’t remember him coming to talk to her or getting home.

“No, Brent, I didn’t. I don’t remember anything from last night, it’s all a haze. The last thing I remember that happened between us was you said you needed time and I slammed the door in your face because I thought it was bullshit. I still think it’s bullshit. How do you spend your whole life with someone and go through so much to stop caring about them because they’re different than you thought?”

He stepped in and shut her up by pressing his lips to hers. She was taken by surprise but not completely resistant to it. He pulled her close to him and put one hand in her hair, sending tingles through her scalp. She gave into the kiss and deepened it, wrapping her arms around his neck. Whatever he’d said last night must have been the opposite of his taking a step back speech.

“I love you, Chloe. I have for a very long time. You’re just going to have to believe me that what I said last night was really romantic and sweet.”

“I love you too, Brent,” she said, her heart swelling.

“Whooooo,” Zazie yelled from the car, “it’s about time.”

“Hey, Aunt Z, what are you doing in the car?”

“She was supposed to be reading a book and giving us privacy,” Brent said.

“Get ready and come with us, we’re going to meet my grandma!”

“Your grandma?”

“It’s a long story, but she’s a wizard pretending to be a fortune-teller and she’s going to tell us who killed Layla so we can get to the bottom of it.”

Chloe gasped. Could it really be that easy?

“I can’t go.

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