IGNITE by Paradis Lily

Author:Paradis, Lily [Paradis, Lily]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Ignite
Publisher: Empire Books
Published: 2014-08-26T07:00:00+00:00

THE KIDS HAD to go back to school much sooner than Dean and Kenzie did. I had yet to make the call to my university telling them that I would not be back for the spring semester, but I didn’t know if that’s what I wanted yet. Or more that I didn’t want to make it official. It was a big life change.

I drove Chase and Emma to school every morning, and Callie was much more cordial. I made them breakfast; I made them dinner; I washed their clothes and their dishes. It was all becoming very domestic, and it made me uneasy. That wasn’t the life I had planned for myself. I wasn’t sure what the exact details were, but this wasn’t it. I wasn’t supposed to be a mom at twenty-one, even to kids who weren’t mine.

On the third day of school, my phone rang and an unknown number popped up on my screen.

“Hello?” I answered uneasily. I really hated unknown numbers.

“Hello, I’m calling for Lauren Lindsay,” a stern, female voice came over the receiver.

I took a deep breath.

“This is she.”

“Ah, Miss Lindsay. I’m calling on behalf of your sister, Callie Barlow. I’ll need you to come to the school right away.”

Panic rose in my stomach.

“Is everything okay?”

She laughed curtly.

“Callie is fine, we’ll discuss the details when you arrive.”

The line clicked dead. Had this woman been a CIA agent in another life? I was not the person with whom she should be so cryptic. Not after the phone calls I had received in my life.

I got in my car and drove to Callie’s school. I had never been there before since she had her own car and didn’t need me to take her, so I parked in what appeared to be the guest lot and walked into the building. I followed the signs to the office.

“Name?” The receptionist barely looked up from the phone.

“Lauren Lindsay,” I supplied. “I’m here for Callie.”

She held up a hand and pressed a button on the receiver, then pointed to a chair.

I didn’t have the chance to sit down when I was greeted by a woman who looked like a more stern version of Susan Boyle. She held out a hand.

“I’m Jennifer Langston,” she said. “Callie’s principal.”

I shook her hand.

“Would you mind telling me what’s going on?” I asked, still concerned.

“Oh, I’m sure Callie can tell you exactly what happened, Miss Lindsay,” she said as she led me to a back corner office before shutting the door so we were trapped in the tiny, stuffy, box.

Callie was sitting with her arms crossed in one of the two chairs across from a large desk. I sat down next to her and Mrs. Langston took her seat.

“Miss Barlow?” Mrs. Langston prompted her when she didn’t speak up.

“This is so stupid,” Callie sighed, clearly exasperated.

“Just tell me,” I urged her, glancing at the principal.

“Fine,” she said quietly. I could tell she was on the verge of tears. “There’s this girl in my class who wears a wig.

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