Page 45 of Chaotic Curse
“You sure?”he asks.
“Yeah.I think I need some alone time.I need to let all this stuff soak in.”I bite my lip.“Or maybenotthink about it.”
“I understand,” Hawk says.He gives me a chaste kiss on the cheek.
Once we get home, Robin heads home in her own car, and though I should say hi to Belinda, I go straight to my suite and lie down in my bed.
It’s Saturday.
I wish it were a weekday, because I’d be in school and wouldn’t have to be thinking about any of this.
Then my phone buzzes.
Speaking of school…
It’s Jordan.
I don’t have the strength to deal with him today.He keeps hitting on me.
But on the other hand, I could use a distraction.
“Hello?”I say into the phone.
“Hey, Daniela, it’s Jordan.”
“Hey,” I reply.
“Gina, Lavender, and I are going to Splash Zone.I remember you said you might like to try a waterpark, so do you want to come?”
“No, but thank you for asking.”
“Hey, this is a group thing.I’m not hitting on you again.I swear.”
I sit up.“So the three of you then?”
“Yeah, we want to blow off some steam.And it’s a perfect day for the waterpark.”
I consider it.
Why the heck not?It’s not like sitting around ruminating is going to do anything.
It’s like the other day, when I got all the toppings for my ice cream.You have to live for today, because who knows where you’ll end up the next day?
Every day I thank God that I’m alive after what I’ve been through.Any of those men that my father sent to me could’ve ended my life, and I doubt my father would’ve given a shit.
“You know what?Sure.I’ll go.”
“Should we pick you up?”he asks.
That would require me telling him where I live, which I really don’t want to do.
“No, I’ll just meet you there in an hour.”
“Perfect.See you then.”
I walk into my bedroom and open the drawer where I keep my bathing suits.
I have two one-pieces, three tankinis, and about seven bikinis, including a white string bikini that has never been out of its package.
