A Mermaid's Kiss (Bay State University #1) - Katie Holland Page 0,62

know what he said to make her stop, but her whole demeanor changed. She stopped talking and started listening. The conversation lasted longer than I thought it would and I was curious. Karma eventually hung up and gave me my phone back.

“So?” I said impatiently.

“Let’s get out of here so we can talk.”

“Fine,” I huffed.

I followed Karma back to the dorm, more confused than ever. My mind had a million things running through it. I can’t imagine what Major could have said to her to calm her down.

“I think you should believe him,” she told me when we got back to the room.

“Huh?” That’s not what I was expecting her to say.

“I don’t think it was him,” she said.

“Who are you and what have you done with Karma?”

“I’m serious, Kayleigh.”

“I can see that, but I don’t understand why. A few minutes ago, you wanted to rip his nuts off and now you’re on his side.”

“I’m on your side girl, always.”

“Then please explain the change in your attitude,” I said.

“Major Davenport can be quite convincing when he needs to be.”

“That doesn’t tell me anything.” I was getting frustrated.

“Do you trust me?” she asked.

“Of course I do.”

“Then trust me when I say he told me some things that led me to believe he’s telling you the truth.”

“Why can’t you just tell me?”

“Because it’s something he needs to tell you himself. And I think if he told you right now, you’d think it was just to get you to believe he isn’t responsible for the screenshots.”

“But you think that whatever he told you is true?”

“I do.”

“You know this is frustrating right?”

“I get that. But have I ever steered you wrong before?”

“No.”

“Then trust me when I say this is for the best right now. Okay?”

“I guess. I’m just so confused. I don’t know whether to be angry, sad or what.”

“What made you answer the phone when he called?”

“I think that he said please in his text asking me to answer.”

“Now tell me the real reason,” she said.

“I did.”

“No, I think that’s the excuse you gave yourself. Why did you answer his call if you were pissed at him?”

I didn’t want to admit it, but Karma wasn’t going to let it go. “Because I wanted to hear his voice. Even though I was hurt and angry. How stupid is that?”

“It’s not stupid at all. You wanted to think it wasn’t him who could do that so your heart made the decision for you.”

“But what if he’s lying to you?” I asked her.

“Then I’ll rip his nuts off and feed them to him,” she said fiercely.

That made me smile a little.

“Now, we have a big meet tomorrow. I heard these guys are really good so we have to be at our best. Let’s try and put this whole incident out of our mind tonight. We need to relax then get some sleep. I want to beat their suits off tomorrow.”

I tried to do what Karma suggested. I found my eReader and started reading. Eventually, the book sucked me in enough that I was able to relax a little.

Chapter 44

Major

“Motherfucker,” I yelled, when I hung up from talking to Karma.

“What the fuck dude?” Bodie said.

“Someone’s messing with Kayleigh.”

“I’m still lost, man.”

I showed him the link and screenshots.

“Fuck. I bet she was pissed at you,” he said.

“Yep. She called me a betraying asshole. And, she would have been right if I’d done it, but I wouldn’t do that to her.”

“So, who do you think it was?”

“I have no idea.”

“Leave it to me,” Bodie said. “I haven’t used my hacking skills in a while and wouldn’t want to get rusty. Send me the link.”

I sent it to him. “Are you sure about this?”

“Of course. Remember when I hacked into the school’s grading system in tenth grade?”

“Yeah, you gave everyone in the school straight A’s. The dean was super pissed. They never did figure out it was you, did they?”

“Nope. And that system was well protected, but it was easy for me to get into.”

“You’re lucky you haven’t been caught yet.”

“I know. Now let me work on this. You go do something. I can’t think when you hover.”

Bodie got his laptop out and started hitting keys. I grabbed my keys and left the building. He was right about me hovering. I got in the truck and started driving.

I found myself at the coffee shop I’d met that chick I ended up fucking at the club. I parked and went in. I ordered a coffee and sat at a table. I