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Chapter 17

مؤلف: Perry Gomez
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CANDACE

I lasted another ten minutes before I finally excused myself from the table.

Jake and his friends had gotten into some ridiculous argument about football, and judging by how loudly they were talking, none of them had any intention of ending it anytime soon.

“I’ll be right back,” I told Jake.

His attention shifted toward me immediately.

“Where are you going?”

“I’m getting a drink.”

“I’ll come with you.”

“You’re in the middle of an argument.”

He glanced over his shoulder at his friends, t
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  • The Scandal In Room 214   Chapter 26

    CANDACEBy the time I came downstairs the next morning, my mother was already waiting by the front door with her suitcase. I stopped halfway down the stairs and looked at her.“You’re actually serious about this.”She smiled. “I told you last night that we were going to see your father.”“I thought you meant sometime today. I didn’t realise you meant immediately.”“You’re the one who takes forever to get ready.”“I’ve been awake for twenty minutes.”“And I’ve been waiting for you for forty.”I smiled and walked over to her. “You could’ve woken me.”“I considered it.”“And?”“I decided I loved you too much.”I laughed and took one of the smaller bags from her. “You’re dramatic.”“I’m your mother. It’s allowed.”There was something comforting about having her there. Even though she had arrived without warning, the apartment already felt different with her in it. She had spent the morning moving things around, asking whether I had eaten, reminding me to take a jacket and somehow managing

  • The Scandal In Room 214   Chapter 25

    CANDACE“CANDACE EVELYN WINTERS!”My entire body stiffened.I turned toward the voice and immediately recognised my mother standing at the edge of the driveway with one hand resting on the handle of her suitcase.For a second, I just stared at her.“What are you doing here?”Her eyes moved from me to the car parked behind me. Then they shifted to the man sitting in the driver’s seat.Her expression changed.“I could ask you the same thing.”I glanced back at Elias.He had already lowered his window, and when our eyes met, I could tell he understood that this was probably not a conversation he needed to be part of.I stepped farther away from the car.“My car broke down.”My mother looked toward the Civic parked on the roadside a short distance away before returning her attention to me. “And that man?”“He stopped to help me.”“He stopped to help you?”“Yes.”She looked at him again.I could practically see the questions forming in her head.“He’s my professor.”Her eyebrows lifted.“

  • The Scandal In Room 214   Chapter 24

    ELIASI was already halfway home when I noticed the car sitting on the side of the road.At first, I didn’t think much of it. The car was old enough that a breakdown wasn’t exactly surprising, and the hazard lights were flashing steadily against the darkening road. I would have driven past if I hadn’t caught sight of the person standing beside it.I slowed down.Candace.She was standing near the front of the car with the hood open, staring into the engine compartment with an expression that made it obvious she had no idea what she was looking at.I pulled over a short distance ahead and parked.By the time I stepped out, she had already noticed me. Her head lifted, and the moment she recognised me, her expression changed completely.“Professor?”“Candace.”She glanced at my car, then back at me. “I didn’t know that was you.”“The windows are tinted.”“I know.”Her answer came quickly, and she immediately looked away.I walked toward the Civic, keeping a little distance between us. “

  • The Scandal In Room 214   Chapter 23

    CANDACEThe email came while I was sitting at my kitchen table, staring at an unfinished assignment and wondering how many more times I could reread the same paragraph without actually absorbing it.I almost ignored the notification because I had spent the entire morning applying for part-time jobs and most of the responses I’d received had been polite rejections or automated emails thanking me for my interest. I had started to assume the whole thing was pointless, but when I finally opened the message and saw the first line, I sat up so quickly that my chair scraped against the floor.Dear Ms Winters,My eyes moved down the screen.We are pleased to offer you the position of part-time waitress at Bellini’s.I read it twice before a smile spread across my face.I had actually gotten the job.The restaurant was only a block from campus, which was the main reason I’d applied in the first place. I could walk there after lectures, work a few hours and still make it back in time for anyth

  • The Scandal In Room 214   Chapter 22

    CANDACEThe moment we stepped out of the police station, I let out a breath I hadn’t realised I’d been holding. Bridgette walked beside me with her arms folded across her chest, looking exhausted rather than frightened now, although I could still see the tension in the way she carried herself. Neither of us said anything as we made our way down the steps and toward the car, but there was one question that had been sitting in the back of my mind since last night.“How did you even meet Derek?”Bridgette glanced at me. “At the frat party.”“I figured that much. I mean, how did you two actually meet?”She sighed and unlocked the car. “We were both drunk. Not falling-over drunk, but drunk enough that I wasn’t thinking much about what I was doing. We talked for most of the night, he was funny, and eventually we ended up kissing. That was it.”I frowned as I got into the passenger seat. “So you two dated?”“No.” She shook her head as she started the engine. “It was literally one night. I

  • The Scandal In Room 214   Chapter 21

    CANDACEI stared at Bridgette, waiting for her to explain what she meant by “I might know his.” She hadn’t moved from her spot on my bed, and the way she kept rubbing her thumb over the edge of the blanket made it obvious that whatever she was about to say wasn’t something she was comfortable sharing. After everything that had happened tonight, I wasn’t sure whether I wanted to hear it either, but there was no way I could simply ignore it after she’d just told me the man who broke into her apartment knew her name.“You think you know who did this?” I asked carefully.“I’m not saying I know for sure.” She shook her head. “I didn’t see his face clearly enough. Everything happened too quickly, and by the time I turned around, he was already wearing the hood over his head. But his voice…” She paused, her brows pulling together as she searched through the memory. “Something about it felt familiar. The way he spoke, the way he said my name. I didn’t recognize him immediately, but after

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