Chrysalis by Rie Anders

Chrysalis by Rie Anders

Author:Rie Anders [Anders, Rie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rie Anders
Published: 2021-03-08T22:00:00+00:00


Chapter 17

“Where’s Solara?”

Paxton was unceremoniously throwing my luggage into the back of a rented SUV. “She missed her flight.”

My plane had landed in Denver just before noon, and when my phone could be turned on, I’d seen a text from her: Meet Paxton outside level 4, black SUV, grumpy face.

“What do you mean ‘she missed her flight’?”

Paxton pushed the button to automatically shut the hatch and turned to me, squinting his eyes. “I know you’re a smart girl, Charlotte.”

Then he turned and went around to the driver’s side, getting in while I scurried to catch up. I opened the passenger door to get into the oversized vehicle. I’d barely shut the door and put my seatbelt on before he pulled away from the curb, following the signs to the airport exit.

“I mean, I know what it means to miss a flight, but I could’ve taken an Uber.”

“We have things to do today, and we need to get you ready for tomorrow. The show starts at four, and then it will run all day Friday and Saturday. We’ll fly back to Phoenix on Sunday morning.”

“Are all the shows this long?”

“Not usually, but there aren’t a whole lot of cities up in this part of the States that can support more than one show. We make this one regional, and we run it longer than the others.”

His driving was erratic but controlled. It made me a little nervous when he took his eyes off the road to stare at me.

“Can you slow down just a little? And keep your eyes on the road.” I put my hand on the dash when we abruptly came to a red light just outside the airport.

Now that we were stopped, he rested his arm over the steering wheel and turned to me. “Solara is incredibly good at math, and she’s a semi-good instructor. But she is horrible at time management.” He rolled his eyes heavenward as he spoke. “Honestly, I was a little surprised she had the two of you on such early flights. Solara seems to show up when she wants to.”

I blushed, thinking maybe Solara had done it intentionally.

“Why are you turning pink?”

I glanced out the window, grateful that the light turned green so he would stop looking at me. Then, a little too haughtily, I responded, “A gentleman wouldn’t call a lady out on that.”

“I’ve never pretended to be a gentleman.”

I noticed, and was oddly flattered, that he didn’t correct my comment about being a lady. I tried to steer the conversation to safer ground: business. “What’s the plan for the day?”

As we drove from the airport into downtown Denver, he shared that we were going directly to the venue, where he would walk me through my job.

“I apologize that you won’t have any kind of formal training. But you’ve already competed, so you know how the first-timers will feel. You’ve also seen how backstage works, so really, you’re already halfway there. When we get back to Phoenix, Story will walk you through everything in more detail.



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