A Trail of Lies by K. T. Bowes

Author:K. T. Bowes [Bowes, K. T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: cheap teen ebooks, forbidden romance boy next door, first time teen sex, crime and mystery adventure, multiracial romance, drug abuse prison, runaway teens, foster care and social welfar, romance and suspense, small town romance
Goodreads: 23198025
Publisher: K T Bowes
Published: 2014-06-12T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

“Declan Harris and Callister Rhodes, please can you go with Miss Brown to reception? Take your bags, you won’t be coming back.”

Calli felt the blood drain from her face. What did the teacher mean, they weren’t coming back? She glanced nervously across at Declan wondering if someone had found out about their foray into the bush together, but he looked as clueless as her. Stuffing her books carelessly into her bag, Calli bolted from the room, hoping to get it over with - whatever it was. The tall, Maori teacher turned his back and continued with his physics lesson.

Unfortunately for Calli, the agony was prolonged by Miss Brown’s insistence on waiting for Declan, who seemed slower and more distracted by the loud and vocal abuse of the class, alongside their overt and wholly inappropriate speculation. “Hurry dears,” the secretary encouraged them, as she trotted briskly along the wide corridor. Calli followed close on her heels to avoid having to walk next to Declan.

Miss Brown led them to the principal’s office and knocked on the door. At a muted invitation which filtered through, she pushed on the wood and urged the teenagers in. Calli was first over the threshold and stopped so sharply, Declan ran straight into the back of her with a loud exclamation. Calli didn’t have enough time to protect herself from the missile which aimed at the heart of her.

“Calli Walli,” Jase screeched and took off from the ground with enough energy to clear a six foot fence. He landed with his legs locked around his sister’s thighs and his arms firmly gripping her neck, pulling uncomfortably on the dark curls that tumbled around her shoulders. “I’ve missed you so much,” he sobbed, as his expectation turned into elation and then into emotions he couldn’t quite comprehend, grief, loss and childhood bafflement.

The principal, a smartly dressed, capable woman in her late forties rose up from a sofa on the far side of the room. She appeared to have been serving tea to guests. Calli turned as though to leave, still carrying Jase and was met by the wall of Declan’s confused body.

“Come in, Miss Rhodes,” the principal’s clipped voice issued from the interruption in her important task and Calli’s eyes strayed up to Declan’s. He glanced down at her once and gulped, confused and afraid of the formidable principal of fierce reputation, who had glued back the ragged fabric of the war-torn establishment in a very short time. Looking back at her, Calli turned her reluctant body once again and entered the room, albeit slowly.

“And you, Mr Harris,” Principal Stokes added, as Declan wondered if his inclusion was just a terrible mistake. Declan shuffled into the room as unenthusiastically as Calli, finding to his surprise the room contained another two people, previously hidden from view by the regulation fire door.

“Hi Callister,” Sadie said awkwardly, standing up from the sofa, a drink of orange juice in one hand and a hefty chocolate muffin in the other. The juice glass tipped dangerously and Calli resisted the natural instinct to hold her hand out in warning.

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