Page 37 of The Genius
“I can’t argue that. But to be honest, I always found it a bit spooky,” Storm mumbled.
“What do you mean, spooky?”
He lifted his shoulders in a shrug. “I don’t know, it was just like she wasn’t all human, you know.”
A triangle formed between my eyebrows as I frowned. “No. I’m pretty sure Shelly’s all human.”
“She had that freaky photographic memory and she could read a page a second.”
“She couldn’t read a page a second.” I threw a chip at him. “That’s sick.”
“Maybe not a second, but she would read a chapter in the time it took me to read a page, and we used to do quizzes on her to test how much she could remember. It was spooky.”
“You mean impressive.”
Storm ate his food for a few minutes and then he spoke again. “Hunter said that Willow might come visit soon. You know what would be fun?”
“What?”
“A reunion. We could invite all the first students from the school and have a summer party. I mean Shelly and Tristan are already here.”
“Tristan didn’t go to our school.”
“No, but he was there a lot, so he counts.”
“I don’t know. It sounds like a lot of work to track down everyone. Especially the ones from the Motherlands.”
“It’s not that many when you think about it. Mila and Raven live on the West Coast with their families, and with Shelly living here and Willow visiting Hunter, it’s only six others that we need to find. Rochelle is easy since she’s Shelly’s sister, and I’ll bet being a Motlander she has contact info on the others too.”
I lifted my hands in the air. “If you want to do it, be my guest. If you can pull it off, I’d love to go.”
Storm drummed his fingers on the armrest and looked thoughtful. “I’ll ask Hunter and Tristan to help. It’ll be epic.”
“That’s great.”
Storm leaned back in the sofa, brushing crumbs off his t-shirt. “Maybe we can do another test on Shelly. See if she’s still sharp.”
“Test her?” My neck began itching as it flamed up.
“Yeah, I’ll bet she still has her photographic memory. Do you think she’ll let us test her?”
I didn’t answer because his words of testing Shelly brought back strong memories of being deep inside of her. The thought of any of the others being that close to her made anger flare up inside me.
“What’s wrong?” Storm asked.
“Nothing.”
“Then why do you look so pissed all of a sudden?”
“It’s nothing.”
Storm changed the subject and when all he got from me in return were grunts and one-word sentences, he soon disappeared into his room.
I, on the other hand, was left feeling shocked at the force of possessiveness that his talk about testing Shelly had caused in me. The last thing I needed was to develop feelings for her. She had made it clear that she wasn’t interested in me and that she would be going back to the Motherlands soon. Besides, I would be going to a tournament and hopefully marrying Louisa.
Giving a small groan, I curled up on the sofa. This was all so fucked up!
CHAPTER 9
