Entranced by Tamara Hart Heiner

Author:Tamara Hart Heiner
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, high school love, mythology, goddesses, fate
Publisher: Tamark Books
Published: 2019-02-28T11:36:04+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Meredith bumped into my shoulder as I swapped books out of my locker on Monday.

“Hey,” she said, “you ready for this test?”

I gritted my teeth. I was thinking about Trey Clark, the kid arrested for animal cruelty. And some of my thoughts drifted to Stephen, whose texts I never bothered returning. But most of all, my mind kept flitting back to Aaron, who hadn’t contacted me since our unhappy departure. Psychology test? Not even on the radar. I turned around.

“You still have journalism fifth hour, right?” I asked.

“Yes. But it’s not the same without you. Even being across the room was better than feeling like I don’t know anybody—”

“But Trey Clark,” I interrupted. “He’s in there with you, right?”

She blinked, temporarily smacked wordless. “Oh yeah, the transfer student. I think he’s in there.”

I nodded, disappointed for a second that she didn’t know him. “You didn’t hear? He was arrested.”

Her eyes widened behind the wire-framed glasses. “What? No! I didn’t know!”

We started our journey across the street to the old history building. “Yeah, and I think it might be connected to the rash of suicides.” She opened her mouth to comment, and I rushed in before she could. “If he’s there today, can you get me his phone number? I need to talk to him.”

“Yeah, of course. Do you think he’ll be there? If he was arrested, wouldn’t he be in jail?”

Good questions. “I don’t know,” I admitted. “I didn’t see any mention of that in the paper.”

Coach Johnson cleared his throat as we entered the classroom. “Seats, please, and no further talking. I hope you’re ready for this. But don’t worry—most kids do poorly on the first test. After that, they improve their study habits and do a lot better.” He smiled at us, as if those words were meant to be reassuring.

Meredith heaved a sigh and rolled her eyes my direction before sliding into the desk behind me.

I was two essay questions away from finishing my test when the intercom clicked on.

“Teachers, please pardon the interruption. There will be a mandatory assembly during second hour.”

“What do you think it’s about?” Meredith asked me as we made our way across the street.

“The suicides,” I said immediately. I remembered the police chief’s concern in the paper. Then I frowned. “Or maybe Trey’s arrest.”

“Right,” she breathed, eyes flickering excitedly. “Do you think it’s something like devil-worshiping? Is Lacey Township about to become the next Salem?”

There were so many things wrong with her questions that I didn’t even know where to start. “First of all,” I began as we entered the senior hall and approached our lockers, “there was no devil-worshiping in Salem, it was all—”

“Hey, Jayne,” a male voice interrupted, cutting me off.

Meredith and I turned as one to see Stephen approaching.

“What are you doing here?” I said, a flash of irritation warming my face.

“Waiting for you. Since we all have to go to the meeting, I thought we could go together.” He looked more like his usual confident self, even wearing his lacrosse letterman jacket.

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