Midnight Secrets by Rita Stradling

Author:Rita Stradling [Stradling, Rita]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-10T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

I woke with a massive headache the next morning, and as Bailey and I jogged toward midtown, my every footfall shot pain into my temples. About halfway there, the only reason I was still moving was that Bailey began straight up walking me, and I wasn’t complaining. Zack and Lucas had drilled me on half of the calculus book, explaining math theorem until my eyes could no longer see straight and the librarian shooed us out the door.

Laughter, music, and voices echoed from the party at the pool house when the Baldwin brothers had dropped me off, but, thankfully, I’d found my nana deeply asleep upstairs.

Even in the late hours of the night, sleep had been hard to come by. What kept me awake hadn’t really been the party last night, even though it had continued to rage on until the early hours of the morning. What bothered me was the transformation that Justin had undergone from the sweet, sexy boy whose kisses I’d never wanted to end to the cold, cruel jerk I’d caught a glimpse of in the parking lot on the day I arrived.

My guess was Justin had transformed into the asshole the Bad Boys Club nicknamed Satan.

As we entered Midtown Park, Bailey and I slowed our jog to a walk as pain seared into my sides. Damn, I was out of shape. The day was still in the seventies, but my whole body felt like it was on fire as we headed through the park toward where Susie and Richard sat together. Susie sat on the top level of a picnic bench, leaning forward, deep in conversation with Richard. They huddled together, their attention locked on one another, so Bailey and I hung back. We headed to a dog and human water fountain and drank our fill of lukewarm water before stopping at a nearby picnic table. I laid down on the bench, regaining my breath, as Bailey rolled around in the dirt beside me and nudged my hand with her muzzle until I started petting her.

I owed the members of the Bad Boys Club dearly for this, whether or not I got into Blackburn. They might be doing it as a favor for Lucas, but this group was sacrificing a week of summer to help me out, and they didn’t even know me. For whatever reason, Lucas stuck his neck out for me after knowing me a day. It all felt unbelievable, and I really had to find the chance to pay them all back.

The bench shifted, and I looked up to see Susie climbing on top of the table. The rising sun sent rays around the silhouette of her voluminous curly hair. “You look like an angel with the light behind you like that.”

“Aw. I love angels. I actually have them all over my dorm room, and I bought huge feather wings for Halloween before deciding they were way too special to wear out, so I hung them over my bed.” Susie giggled, but her mirth dropped away, and she bit her lip.

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