Chapter Twenty Two

Elaina spent most of the day in her room, mainly because there was nothing else to do.  Another part of it being she was trying to avoid Chase.  

After she finished her meal with Charise and Samantha she hurried away without explanation.  

As she sat alone she continued to try to sort through exactly what she would say to Chase when the time came.  She liked him more than she wanted to admit to herself and knew that it would hurt to tell him that she couldn’t be with him in the way he was wanting.  She knew he would try to fight it and didn’t know if she was strong enough to not let him convince her.  

Charise had stopped by only once to ask if she wanted to practice hand to hand in the small dojo of their hideout, but Elaina had declined saying that she wasn’t feeling well.  

Charise hadn’t pushed it, which was really nice of her and left shortly after.

Along with the Chase situation she w