Breathless (2009)
“She flipped to the arts and culture section of the football coach’s copy of the newspaper. An announcement caught her attention, and as she leaned in closer to read it, her shoulders pulled tight and a light sweat broke out on her forehead. A competition for artists. One of the judges was Nigel Withers. Rat bastard.
She took a surreptitious glance around the lounge. No one watched her, they never did. In a sports-mad high school full of jocks, mousy Mariel never attracted attention.
Without so much as a niggle of guilt, she tore the page out of the super jock’s paper and folded it neatly into quarters, then eighths. She doubted the strutting jockstrap would ever notice the arts and culture page missing. Slipping the square of paper into the front pocket of her denim jumper, she stood and headed into the ladies’ room. A splash of cool water on her neck and wrists calmed her. A competition! Dare she enter?
Nigel Withers. The idea of facing him in such a public forum made her belly roll in dread.
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