Total pages in book: 45
Estimated words: 42942 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 215(@200wpm)___ 172(@250wpm)___ 143(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 42942 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 215(@200wpm)___ 172(@250wpm)___ 143(@300wpm)
My heart nearly jumped out of my chest, but I forced myself to keep a neutral expression. I just hoped Kristin couldn’t see how fast my pulse was beating in my neck ’cause it felt like my heart was going to pop out of my body.
“I think she was scared because of the few little accidents I had. She wanted to come clean.”
Kristin chuckled. “Well, when we found out we did a sunder spell and not a notice-me spell, it didn’t seem to matter at first. It was all just a joke, until, well, it wasn’t.”
“She didn’t tell me, though, how the spell got mixed up.”
Kristin frowned. “She didn’t?”
“Well, bits and pieces, but Wendy interrupted us, and then Hollie got pissed, and now she won’t answer my calls or texts, like I said.”
Kristin smirked. “Sounds like her. All I know is, Lucy told her that because she has romantic feelings for you, by using the wrong spell, it kind of confused the spell. We thought we were putting a spell on you to notice her, you know, in a more romantic way. Turns out, it was to put you in sunder. But because of how she felt toward you, it made the spell turn into, like, a bad-luck spell instead of a hurt-you-really-bad spell. Well, needless to say, Hollie didn’t believe Sarah at first until you were hit by that car.”
My mind was in a tailspin. Hollie had romantic feelings for me? I wanted to ask Kristin a million questions. What kinds of feelings? How long had she had these feelings? Why in the hell did she act like she couldn’t stand me all those years? Oh, wait…I had done the same damn thing.
“Lucas?”
Snapping my head up, I asked, “Sorry, what did you say?”
“Do you think the reversal spell worked?”
I blinked a few times. I’d stayed up damn near all night watching the fucking candle burn. Once it burned out, I was in my backyard this morning digging a hole to bury it in. Mrs. Dodger, my eighty-year-old neighbor, probably thought I was burying a body.
“I don’t know. Nothing has happened to me at all this morning.”
Kristin smiled. “Well, I know Hollie has tried to deny her gift, but I think her mind has changed.”
I nodded. “Yeah, it sure seems like it.”
“So, how did it make you feel knowing Hollie has liked you all these years? You didn’t say anything hurtful to her when she told you, did you?”
Moving around in my seat, I rubbed at the back of my neck and looked around the restaurant, avoiding eye contact with Kristin.
“You bastard. She didn’t tell you about the first spell, did she?”
Finding the courage to look at Kristin, I shook my head. “No. She was about to, though. Then Wendy came in, and things went to shit.”
Kristin’s boot landed a good kick on my shin, and I jumped, then nearly screamed out in pain from my ribs.
“Fucking hell! Why did you do that? I have bruised ribs. What in the hell is wrong with all you women?”
“You lied to me, Lucas Dayton! You lying bastard!”
“I didn’t really lie. I just… I just…didn’t tell you the truth.”
She folded her arms over her chest. “That’s the same thing.” Then her arms dropped, and a horrified expression crossed her face. “Lucas, you can’t tell her I told you. She would be so mad at me and so embarrassed. Especially if you don’t feel the same way about her.”
“I won’t say anything to her.”
Kristin tilted her head and gave me a look that said she was waiting for me to say more.
“What?”
“You’re not going to tell me how you feel about my best friend?”
“I’m almost afraid to tell you anything.”
“As you should be. Now spill it, Dayton.”
Drawing in a deep breath, I exhaled. “I’ve secretly liked Hollie since middle school.”
Kristin gasped, slapped both hands over her mouth, and started to jump around in her seat. Nearly the entire restaurant was now watching us.
“Would you stop acting like a child, Kristin?”
After getting herself under control, Kristin leaned across the table. “All the years you two idiots have wasted. And you slept with Wendy Hoffman. Gross, Lucas! Gross!”
I rolled my eyes. “I haven’t been with her in years.”
“Are you going to tell her?”
“I don’t know.”
“What do you mean, you don’t know?” she asked, looking as if she was readying her foot to kick me once again.
“I mean, I don’t know how to tell her. Because if I say something now, she’ll think it’s because of that stupid spell.”
Kristin shook her head so hard, I thought it might come off and roll right out the door of the restaurant. “She won’t, Lucas. The spell was wrong. She never put that kind of spell on you, unless…”
Her voice trailed off as she frowned and looked deep in thought.
“Unless what?” I asked.