Page 44 of The Spider Queen
It’s beautiful. Why would you want to cover it up?
So others don’t question my sanity.
Others? Or you?
I severed the mental connection with Thane and hurried to the hardware store. I grabbed a bucket of paint, a handful of brushes, and a roller. Dropping them on the counter, I waited impatiently for the girl to ring me up. She placed everything in a bag and handed it to me.
As I left the store, I ran into a classmate.
“Poppy!” Francis hugged me quickly and then stepped back. “What’s going on?”
“Oh,” I lifted the hardware store bag, “just redecorating.”
“Cool. So, can you believe Dr. Carrington? Making the test worth fifty percent of our final grade?”
I frowned. “Uh, when did she announce this?”
“Few days ago.”
“What the fuck!” I yelled. My anger made my classmate flinch. “How did I miss this?”
It dawned on me that I was in danger of failing parasitology, and it was because I was losing my mind. Not good.
“I don’t know,” he drawled. “You want to study together?”
Breathing a sigh of relief, I nodded. “Yeah. That’d be great.”
Francis’s face brightened. “Library later?”
“Yes.”
We exchanged phone numbers and had plans to meet at five. I needed to get my shit together—there was too much at stake at the moment to be distracted by…all that I was distracted by.
After saying goodbye to Francis, I ran home. I couldn’t afford to blow off another day of classes, so I shoved the paint supplies in the corner of my bedroom and then showered.
You’re leaving again?Thane asked.
I tied my tennis shoes and mentally said,I have to go to my classes. I’m falling behind.
Thane’s disgruntlement came through.
I packed up my notes and books and then went over to my laptop and opened Netflix in a new browser.
I put a stack of library books on my desk chair and then placed Thane in his cube at the top.
What are you doing?
Have you met Meredith and Derek?
Who?
Trust me. You’ve got fourteen seasons to power through.
I left the spider in a cube watchingGrey’s Anatomy.
I’d officially lost it.
Derek has a WIFE?
