Chapter 24

AMALIA’S POV

This week had been long, and I was glad that it was Friday afternoon. Katrina and I had been working the last two nights, running inventory in the lab, and getting things ordered to start some small tests next week. I had planned on staying late on my own, but Katrina had offered to stay with me. I appreciated Katrina staying with me. It gave me someone to talk to so that my mind wasn’t continually going back to Jake.

The interaction with Jake’s aunt on Monday had really bothered me. I was probably more upset than I should have been, but the way that his aunt looked at me showed how much she was judging me. After she left, Jake and I didn’t really talk about the exchange. It seemed like Jake was eager to just move past it and forget about it. But unfortunately, I could not move on as easily. My brain just didn’t work that way and I was stuck in a bad cycle. I couldn’t help but think about how she was judging me, or the t