Loyal (The Zara Chronicles Book 1) by Scarlett Haven

Author:Scarlett Haven [Haven, Scarlett]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-27T05:00:00+00:00

Complicated.

Before dinner that night, I call my mom. I haven’t talked to her since I got here, and I’m really hoping I can get some answers out of her. I need to know something.

“Hello,” Mom answers.

“Hey, Mom,” I say.

“Zara! What a pleasant surprise.”

I hear Charlotte and Chloe both yelling in the background after they hear my name.

“Wait your turn,” Mom tells them.

“Mom, I was hoping I could talk to you,” I say. “For a minute.”

“Stay with Francesca,” Mom says.

Francesca is Chloe and Charlotte’s nanny. I imagine my mom is walking to a quieter part of the house. I hear a door shut before she speaks again.

“I hope you’re not calling me to ask to come home,” she says.

“No, I’m not,” I say. “I actually really like it here. I’ve made some really good friends and the classes are kind of fun. They’re not as easy as they are in California. I’m kind of glad you sent me here.”

“That’s good,” she says, but she almost sounds... disappointed.

“I’m calling you because I found out something last night,” I say. “And I wanted to ask you a question about it.”

“Wow. You’re calling me for advice; and not your father for once,” Mom says.

She’s going to be disappointed.

“Who is Zach Stone?” I ask.

There is complete silence from the other line for so long that I think my phone lost connection.

“Mom?”

“I’m here,” she says, taking a breath. “Where did you hear that name?”

“Well, this school is kind of really hard to get into. You have to have connections,” I say. “Anyway... my friends and I were curious, so they helped me break into the administration office so I could look at my file. Some guy named Zach Stone demanded I be let in.”

“That’s... odd,” she says.

“Yeah. But then somebody had a picture of him. I guess he is kind of a big deal around here. And he looks familiar, Mom,” I say. “I saw him at my birthday party when I was seven.”

“Honey, are you sure...”

“Mom,” I say, cutting her off. “Are you having an affair?”

“What? Why would you ask that?” she asks.

“You cheated on Dad, right? It’s why you two got a divorce?” I ask.

“Your father and I were complicated. We had issues that we just couldn’t work through. Nothing more, nothing less.”

“So, you’re not cheating on Brad with Zach Stone?”

“No,” she says, now raising her voice. “Zara Summers, what has gotten into you?”

“I just... need to know why I’m here.”

“You are there because I want you to be. End of story,” Mom says. “Now I am going to hang up this phone and forget we ever had this conversation.”

“Okay, Mom,” I say, sighing. “I love you.”

“Love you, too.”

The call comes to an end and I lay on my bed for a minute, staring at the white paint on the ceiling. After my conversation with her, I feel like I have more questions than before. She’s definitely hiding something, I just don’t know what.

Spy School is complicated.

The door to my room opens, Taylor walks in; an unpleasant look crosses her face when she sees that I’m here.

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