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_KIMBERLY_

I parked my car in the parking lot of Lora's school and leaned back into my chair with a heavy sigh. I was late. There were barely any cars in the parking lot and I was anxious about Lora's reaction to this after I had insisted on picking her up this morning.

It was all Oliver's fault!

"Let's take a short nap," he said.

"I'll wake you up so don't worry," he said.

What was supposed to be a short nap would have kept us in bed until the evening if it wasn't for one of the maids, who called Oliver to ask for another day off, hadn't woken us up.

I got out of the car and locked the door before walking into the building. I didn't know where to start looking for her so I peeked into every class I passed through. 

I kept reminding myself to calm down because I was only twenty minutes late and it could have been worse.

"Excuse me," a man called and I turned to face a short, slim man with brown hair. "Are you