Chapter 14 Part 2

Maxwell

“I’m so sorry that I wasn’t able to meet you when you were in town. I’m quite the busy girl back at home.” The fake tone in her voice is nerve-racking and I can only hope he doesn’t pick up on it.

Eugene stands there for a few seconds without saying anything. I grow weary waiting for him to reply. “Are you sure we haven’t met before? You look familiar.”

Charlie instantly becomes tense as we both come to the same conclusion; he remembers seeing her at Junction 22. “I don’t think so. I would’ve remembered meeting such a handsome man as yourself.”

I pull her closer to me, almost crushing her. She pats my chest, reassuring me that she has this under control, but I’m not sure her flirting can get us out of this if Eugene connects the dots. “Not as handsome as this one here,” she says as she looks up at me, continuing to take the reins of the conversation. As if we had this all planned out, our eyes met. Without warning, she kisses me.

“I don’t know what we were all worried about, s