A Mermaid's Kiss (Bay State University #1) - Katie Holland Page 0,63
took my phone out. I wanted to text Kayleigh, but I didn’t know if she’d text me back and I didn’t want to make her more upset. I started to call Bodie but I know he’d just tell me to fuck off and leave him alone to work.
I was so busy staring at my phone that I didn’t notice someone sit down next to me.
“Hey,” she said, causing me to jump a little.
“Oh hey. Didn’t see you there.” It was the same girl I’d met here before.
“I could tell. Are you waiting for a call?” she said, gesturing to my phone.
“Kind of.”
“Do you mind if I keep you company?”
“No, that’s fine.”
We sat there in silence for a few minutes before she broke it.
“When I saw you walk in here I thought I might get lucky again, but I can tell by the look on your face that’s not going to happen. What’s her name?”
“Huh?”
“The name of the girl causing that look on your face,” she said.
I looked at her. “It’s not important.”
“Is that who you’re waiting to call?”
“No. I’m actually waiting for some news from a friend.”
“Must not be good news. You look pretty serious tonight.”
“Hopefully the news will be good, but the situation isn’t.”
“That sucks. Do you want me to leave you alone?”
“No, sorry. I think it would be better if I had something to occupy me rather than just staring at my phone.”
I put my phone on the table and took a sip of my coffee.
“They really do have good coffee here. Are your roommates driving you crazy again?”
“Yeah. They’d been arguing about some stupid cartoon and I couldn’t take it anymore.”
“Sounds like fun. How old are they?”
“Eighteen and twenty-two, but you’d think they were twelve based on the way they act. Do you have any brothers or sisters?”
We ended up talking for over an hour before she had to leave. It had been a nice distraction. I still hadn’t heard from Bodie, which meant it was taking longer than he thought. I got two coffees to go and went back to the dorm.
I found Bodie hunched over his laptop when I got back.
“Here’s a coffee.”
“Thanks, man,” he said taking a drink.
“I figured you could use it since I hadn’t heard from you.”
“Whoever this is has covered their tracks really well. They’re good, but I’m better.”
“I’ll leave you to it then.”
Now that I was back at the dorm, I was angry all over again. I wasn’t the kind of guy that liked to fight a lot, but I really wanted to take a swing at whoever was responsible for this.
“Watch some TV,” Bodie said out of the blue.
“What?”
“I said, watch some TV. I can hear your teeth grinding from here and it’s driving me crazy.”
“Oh, sorry man.”
“Look, I know you’re furious, but we’ll get this guy. Just have a little patience with me.”
I knew Bodie was right, so I turned on the TV and picked a random movie. I stared at the screen not really seeing anything. My mind was wondering what Kayleigh was doing. I checked the time. It was after 10:00 so she was probably in bed. I knew she tried to get lots of sleep before she competed. I just hoped that this didn’t affect her swimming tomorrow.
I kept Bodie supplied with coffee and tried to leave him alone, but it was hard. When I started pacing he sent me to my room. I couldn’t stay in there long and found my way back to the main part of the dorm and made sure I stayed off his way this time.
Several hours later, Bodie jumped up and said, “Gotcha, you bastard.”
“You found him?” I asked.
“Yeah. Do you know anyone named Wesley Lawrence?”
“The name isn’t familiar. Is there a picture or something else to go on?”
“Give me a minute,” he told me.
Bodie went back to typing, and a few minutes later, he had everything we needed to know.
“Son of a bitch,” I said, when I saw who it was. “You up for a road trip in the morning?”
“Sure. But can we get a little sleep first.”
“Yeah, just remember to bring your laptop so we can prove to Kayleigh who did this.”
Chapter 45
Kayleigh
Despite everything that happened yesterday, I was feeling really good about the meet today. I’d heard nothing more from Major. I wasn’t sure if that was good or bad, but I wasn’t going to let it affect my performance.
We’d walked over to the swimming center as a team. I noticed Wes look at me several