Betrayal
“As soon as she closed the door they disappeared. If only she could make them really disappear. I exhaled and sat on the edge of my bed.
“What’s the matter, child?” Her dark eyes sparkled. “I mean madam counselor.”
I squeezed Jane’s hand as she sat beside me. “I’m sorry I didn’t keep in touch with you. I think I wanted—”
“Don’t you fret. I know what you wanted. You wanted to have a new life away from all of the Montague stuff. I’m part of that stuff.” She rolled her head around in a circle, gest...uring with the last word.
“The best part of it.”
“Your momma’s down there telling everyone you’ll be down in a minute. It’s been more than a minute and you ain’t there.”
I scrunched my nose. “Do you think they’ll notice if I don’t show up?”
“And miss out on showing all them uptight stuffed shirts what a beautiful and successful woman Alex Collins has become? Oh no! You’re going to walk down there with your head held high.”
My cheeks blushed as I remembered someone else telling me the same thing.MoreLess
“What’s the matter, child?” Her dark eyes sparkled. “I mean madam counselor.”
I squeezed Jane’s hand as she sat beside me. “I’m sorry I didn’t keep in touch with you. I think I wanted—”
“Don’t you fret. I know what you wanted. You wanted to have a new life away from all of the Montague stuff. I’m part of that stuff.” She rolled her head around in a circle, gest...uring with the last word.
“The best part of it.”
“Your momma’s down there telling everyone you’ll be down in a minute. It’s been more than a minute and you ain’t there.”
I scrunched my nose. “Do you think they’ll notice if I don’t show up?”
“And miss out on showing all them uptight stuffed shirts what a beautiful and successful woman Alex Collins has become? Oh no! You’re going to walk down there with your head held high.”
My cheeks blushed as I remembered someone else telling me the same thing.MoreLess
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