Born Sinner by Kenborn Cora
Author:Kenborn, Cora [Kenborn, Cora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-06-01T05:00:00+00:00
Chapter Twelve
Lola
My mother has a sayingâ¦
Chasing butterflies only leads you into repetitive circles. Pretend they donât exist, and theyâll flutter back into the palm of your hand.
At ten years old, I took those words at face value. I spent hours sitting cross-legged on the bright green lawns of our estate, my arms spread wide and my palms up.
Waiting.
A butterfly never landed in my hand. They always darted around me, close enough to admire, but just out of reach.
I realize nowâas most things with my familyâit was a metaphorical warning.
Butterflies are just like boys. Chase them, and they fly away. Leave them be, and they come to you.
A valuable lesson I wish Iâd remembered days ago. Four to be exact.
A full ninety-six hours since Iâve seen or heard from Sam.
After our alleyway encounter, he just disappearedâas if successfully breaking me meant there was no more game to play.
Heâd won. Iâd lost. End of story.
Only it wasnâtâat least for me.
I always have the last word, but he left me speechless while he rode away like some kind of dark knight. So instead of pretending he didnât exist, what did I do?
I chased a butterfly.
I became the stalker. Driving by his apartment at all hours of the night just to catch a glimpse of him. Casually, inquiring on his whereabouts around campus. And shamefully, standing in the alleyway outside the Foxhole, waiting for him to reappear.
I spun in so many circles, I made myself dizzy.
After four days of silence, I decided it was time to put Eden Lachey Carreraâs motherly advice to the test.
Thatâs how I ended up here, at a dive college bar, sharing a plate of nachos with some frat boy I donât even like.
I suppose Alex-whatâs-his-name is nice enoughâcheap as hellâbut nice. However, Iâm not interested. Not even those All-American dimples can divert my attention away from the man who owns my thoughts.
I used to crave normalcyâa clichéd, bland existence. Thanks to Sam and his filthy brand of debauchery, I now crave rebellion. I hunger to push boundaries and test my own limits. I wait for the sun to go down so I can dance in darkness.
His darkness.
Sighing, I toss a half-eaten tortilla chip onto my plate and pull a fresh water bottle from my purse. Unscrewing the cap, I drink slowly so I donât have to talk to my date.
âYou know they have water here, right?â
Resting the rim of the bottle against my bottom lip, I give him a half-hearted smile. âI have a rule against drinking things that arenât sealed.â At his furrowed brow, I add, âA girl can never be too careful.â
But she can definitely be too desperateâsomething I hope to rectify tonight.
Thereâs an awkward silence as Alex spins his phone in lazy circles on the table. âSo, whatâs your major?â
Itâs all I can do not to roll my eyes. This is what itâs come toâsmall talk with a cardboard placeholder.
âDonât have one yet,â I say, sliding out of the sticky booth. âIâm only a few weeks into my freshman year.
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