Wait For It: A Houston Hurricanes Novel by Shannon Myers

Author:Shannon Myers [Myers, Shannon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781733274869
Publisher: Shannon Myers
Published: 2020-09-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Ariana

“He’s more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made out of, his and mine are the same. If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.”

-Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

“This isn’t going to work.”

“What do you mean?” I checked my reflection and adjusted the baseball cap again, avoiding the dark circles and translucent skin that begged for some attention. “We have a plan. We’re sticking to the plan.”

When Tsega had offered her help, it seemed she’d been under the assumption I needed clothes and some cash—not an accomplice in a covert operation involving aliases and seedy motel rooms.

Clearly, I was the criminal mastermind of our little group.

I tightened one of my pigtails and, feeling the weight of her glare, turned with a sigh. “What? Don’t tell me you’re getting cold feet now.”

On Saturdays, True North offered field trips into the city for patients who met specific criteria. Now that I was almost exclusively walking, Natalie had cleared me to attend.

But I had no intention of returning.

I’d wanted someone to save me, but ghost Ashlynn had been right. Only I could save me.

“Do I need to remind you I’ve been against this plan of yours since day one? Ariana, you’re not ready.”

Tsega paced the room, listing the cons on her fingers. “One, you won’t have access to your medication—medication you absolutely need, I might add. Two, the money won’t last forever, and you won’t be able to get a job using a fake name. Three—and this is a big one—you can run across the world if you want, but you won’t be able to escape your feelings.”

Dammit.

My heart sank, but the time for falling apart had passed. So maybe I’d spent the last ten days wallowing in my misery like a pig in the mud—it didn’t mean I was broken.

Perhaps I wasn’t the embodiment of health and wellness, but I was still breathing, wasn’t I?

“Anything else?” I managed not to roll my eyes. Between her and Georgia, I wasn’t sure whose lectures were worse. For two women who’d pushed me to take a stand, they’d had a surprisingly negative response to my plan to run.

“Yeah, there is actually,” she said, matching my defiant tone. “The aquarium is a lot of fun. I think you might be pleasantly surprised.”

“I highly doubt that,” I muttered under my breath as we walked down to the bank of elevators.

Tsega tightened her grip on my arm before leaning in to whisper, “I heard that. It’d be a shame if you missed the field trip and had to stay in your room for the rest of the day.”

“What are you, my mother?” I hissed. “You’re supposed to support me on this—what happened to not fighting alone?”

She faked a smile as someone passed us in the hall, dropping it as soon as they were out of sight. “There’s fighting back, and then there’s suicide. I’ll let you guess which one your plan falls under.

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