Even When I'm Gone by Nicole Fiorina

Author:Nicole Fiorina [Fiorina, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-28T18:30:00+00:00

The alarm for lock-down blared through the intercom before Dean Lynch’s voice echoed throughout Dolor as I walked back to my dorm in a hurry. Once my feet landed on my wing, bodies disappeared behind doors before they locked behind them.

I scanned the hall for security. Nothing.

A girl I recognized blew past me.

“What happened?” I called out.

She shrugged her shoulders before receding inside her dorm.

When I entered my room, Ethan’s back was to me as he stared out my window. His shoulder blades moved beneath his shirt as he tightened his arms across his chest. “Where were you?” he asked, then turned to face me with a blank expression.

“Group therapy,” I deadpanned, closing the door behind me and dropping my shoulders.

Ethan’s gaze slid to the clock above my door and back down to me. “Group therapy ended thirty minutes ago.”

“What’s it to you?”

Ethan walked toward me. “Let’s go.”

“Go where?” I asked, taking a step back.

“Lynch wants to see you.” He opened the door and nudged his head for me to follow. When I didn’t budge, he dropped his chin and narrowed his eyes. “We can do this the easy way or the hard way. Your choice.”

“Is this because I denied you?”

Ethan let out an incredulous chuckle and swiped a palm over his face. “Now, Jett,” he growled. “This is serious.”

I crossed my arms over my chest, and after three seconds of locked eyes, I stepped forward and pushed past him just as Ollie reached his door, coming back from the moment we shared only moments ago.

Ollie’s hand froze over his doorknob just as Ethan closed my door behind me four rooms down. Green eyes dragged from Ethan to me, and I could see his jaw tense from where I stood. Ethan pressed his chest into my back and grabbed my arm. “Come on,” Ethan urged.

Ollie’s lip twitched, and his arm flexed, and I shook my head.

Don’t, Ollie. He’s not worth it.

I yanked my arm from Ethan and started forward. My gaze fixed in front of me. The tension in the hall stretched around us like a rubber band ready to snap at any moment. Though I couldn’t see Ethan’s face, I felt every rush of emotion coming from Ollie to my left as we passed by. His eyes on the two of us replaced my blood with lava. The thoughts going through his mind somehow ripped me open from where he stood rigid. Ollie was ready to launch at any moment.

We made it around the corner, but the pressure didn’t let off my shoulders. Ethan remained quiet the entire way to the Dean’s office, down the stairs, and through the cold building. He paused when we reached Lynch’s door and turned me around to face him. “Relax, Jett. Just be honest.”

My brows pinched together, and Ethan used his knuckle to knock on the door.

Lynch welcomed us in and advised me to take a seat. Ethan stayed by the door, back straight, arms crossed over his chest, gaze looking out the window into the dawn of October.

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