![]() ![]() ![]() Pete's cheeks burst into a deep blush, but he does actually crack a smile. ![]() Can you give us a few minutes alone? Thirty minutes, tops." "Hey, Pete, remember when I told you that Clay was a hard nut to crack? Well, I think he's finally succumbed to my overtly salacious methods of seduction. There's only one way to address this level of drama. "Katherine, I need you," he says, his voice deadly serious. ![]() "S'up, Pete?" I nod in Pete's direction before returning my focus to the manic little man in front of me.Ĭlay has a tight grip on my shoulders and his eyes are darting back and forth between my eyes, as if he can't decide which one to give his full attention. Pete is sitting on his bed across the room engrossed in a book, but he offers his usual, "Hello, Kate." He seizes my shoulder and pulls me into his room. "Dude, what's the emergency?" I half laugh because he looks frantic, but not in a something-absolutely-awful-has-happened way, just in an I'm-panicked-and-don't-know-what-to-do-about-it way. I laugh because he knows I'm in Minneapolis.Ĭlay guilted me into taking down my speed, so I split the difference and pull into the lot fifteen minutes later.Ĭlay flings the door open just as my knuckles make contact to knock. DRIVE THE SPEED LIMIT AND I'LL SEE YOU IN 20. As I'm walking to my car after my final tutoring session with Gabriel, I notice a text on my phone. ![]()
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