Page 108 of Love Undecided
Chapter 49
Kat
We pull into the school parking lot, but it’s still pretty empty. School doesn’t start until seven fifty a.m. and its barely seven a.m. now.
“Now what?” I ask Bauer.
“Now, we wait,” he says.
I pull out my phone to check my messages, surprisingly not a lot of people have tried to reach me since the last time I checked it, at five a.m. this morning. So, I resume a previous game of Candy Crush, making sure to turn the volume on my phone down so that Bauer doesn’t know what I’m doing. He is immersed in his own phone, so I don’t think he’d care anyway.
“I can hear Candy Crush,” he says. “Don’t you have anything better to do?”
“Nope,” I say with a smile, “I’m still trying to beat level sixty-five, I’m on a mission.”
“Sixty-five?” he scoffs. “Amateur.”
“I just started playing.”
“When, yesterday?”
“No.”
“Well, when you’re finished playing, the guy drives an older blue Toyota Corolla. Keep an eye out for him just in case,” he says.
“Got it,” I reply, and reluctantly put my phone away. It immediately beeps with a text. It’s from Brad. I smile big as I read it:
Brad: Good morning my beautiful firecracker - my shift just started, so I may not get a chance to contact you again today. Just want to make sure you know how much I adore you. Every single part of you. There is nothing in this world that is more important to me than you are. I’ll be thinking about you - today and every day. Stay safe.
I can’t believe how giddy I feel with him. But I’m too happy to let my happiness bring me down. I know, that seems like it doesn’t make sense. But think about it, it makes total sense. Being too happy can always bring you down.
Me: Ditto! I love you. I’ll be thinking about last night, today and every day.
He’s always been better with the mushy stuff than I am.
Brad: Now I’m thinking about last night, and I’m hard.
Me: Oh! Sexting at work, I like it! You ‘hard’ is my favorite!
Brad: Don’t start something you can’t finish.
Me: Step into the bathroom - I’ll ‘finish’ it. ;-)
Brad: On my way!
“Hey!” Bauer says, “pay attention, there’s a blue Corolla!” He slaps me on the shoulder with the back of his hand.
Me: Gotta go, babe - sorry!
Brad: Nobody likes a tease!
I put away my phone and return my full attention to Bauer and the blue Corolla. The hair on the back of my neck stands up - I feel excited and terrified at the same time. The car circles the lot slowly, then parks and sits there for a moment. I can’t tell who is in the car. The driver appears to be stalling, maybe watching for us. After a moment, a woman gets out and starts walking toward the school. She’s alone.
“Shit,” Bauer says.
“You can say that again,” I say.
“Shit,” he says again.
