UNtouched: a bay falls high novel by Kidman Jaxson

Author:Kidman, Jaxson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-31T16:00:00+00:00

twelve

I shuffled into the kitchen where Claire sat wearing thin glasses slid down the bridge of her nose as she read the newspaper. I never thought in my wildest dreams rich people would read the newspaper. Everything was online.

“Eat up,” Claire said.

The island was covered in food.

Again, a meal fit for ten or twenty people.

I made a small plate of food.

“Claire, I don’t have your SUV,” I said.

She lowered the newspaper and took off her glasses. “What?”

“I had to leave it somewhere. Last night.”

“Were you drinking? If so, just admit it. Because I’d actually be a little proud that you were smart enough to not drive than do something really stupid.”

The word stupid made me think of them.

Pres’s lips to my cheek. Kip’s fingertips to my arm. Barr’s hand at the back of my neck.

I shook my head. “I wasn’t drinking. I think maybe I wish I was though.”

“Why’s that?”

I licked my lips. I was nervous. My entire life was hanging on by a thread. With Claire’s command I would be back in that apartment. No more rich life. No more of the Rulz.

“I ran out of gas,” I whispered.

“Ran out of gas?” Claire asked. “Where did you drive to?”

I chewed on a piece of cantaloupe.

Then I put the plate down.

“I was going to go home. I mean, back home. I was going to leave.”

“Leave? Why?”

I shrugged my shoulders. “Just a lot at once. Looking for something familiar. I guess I ended up wandering around and next thing I knew I was out of gas.”

“Why didn’t you call for help?” Claire asked.

“I didn’t want to burden you.”

“Burden me? You can never be a burden to me, Tinsley.”

“I got a ride home. I’ll figure out how to get gas. It’s my fault, Claire. It’s not…”

Claire had her phone in her hand. Her fingers moving faster than a teenager texting about drama and hot boys.

“There,” she said. “Done.”

“Done?”

“Done,” she said again.

“Okay then,” I said. “I’m really sorry.”

“No need to be sorry,” Claire said. “Forget about it. It’s done.”

I went back to eating.

Preparing myself for what I needed next.

Which was another vehicle to take to BFH.

Unless I skipped the day and just hung around the house. Or the beach.

I bet if I texted Gi or Beth they would skip and hang with me.

But not together though.

They hated each other.

Which seemed to be the trend at BFH.

Everyone hating each other.

I slipped out of the kitchen to go get dressed. I’d play the dumb card.

Oh no, how am I going to get to class today?

As I finished washing my face in the bathroom and picking out every little flaw I could find on my face, I heard someone knocking at the bedroom door. I wiped my face and walked through the room.

“Hello?” I called out.

“Tinsley, it’s Claire,” she said.

The door wasn’t locked.

I opened the door. “It’s your house, Claire.”

“It’s your privacy,” she said with a smile. “Just wanted to let you know… someone’s here for you.”

“Oh?” I asked.

“I guess you need a ride to Bay Falls High, right?”

“Yeah.

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