He wasn’t tall he was average height-maybe around five eight?-and he had a full head of graying dark hair. They went to each side of the second vehicle, and as one, as if they’d rehearsed (and they might’ve), they opened the doors.Īn older man wearing a suit stepped out of the door closest to us.
The only two doors that had remained closed were the back two on the SUV right in front of us. Then the passenger doors opened, and more guards emerged, taking point. The drivers of all four cars got out and stood guard. I wasn’t prepared for the spectacle that came after that. Her hand gripped mine until it went numb.Ī black SUV pulled up to the school and rolled forward.Ī second SUV stopped right in front of us.Ī fourth lingered in the driveway, partially blocking anyone else from pulling up if they had tried. She kept hiccupping as she sobbed, but she faced forward the whole time. I’d caught her, an arm around her to hold her upright, and she’d begun to shake. When their cars pulled into the school’s two-mile driveway, Brooke had stood. It had been his face that I studied the most, dreamed about the most, and fantasized about the most. There wasn’t an inch of softness in his pictures, and I felt my face flushing even now as I remembered how often his picture had captivated me. And he had the body of a professional soccer player or surfer. He had the same facial features as the others-a perfect, lush mouth, as if formed just for kissing. He had their dark and hypnotic eyes, but they were more with him. Out of their whole family, Kai Bennett was the most. I’d just known there was an air of mystery around him, and though I’d tried not to be, in a reverse kind of way, I had been the most fascinated with him. She’d been scared of him.īefore, I had only thought she-I didn’t know what I’d thought. She gushed about Tanner, and she adored Jonah. There’d been an uneasiness when Brooke talked about him, or because she wouldn’t talk about him. Thinking back on it now, I realized that’d been the first time I felt afraid of Kai Bennett. It was brief and gone so quickly, but it stuck deep in me. I saw them shoo the others away until the next class started, and even then, the headmistress had stayed. The headmistress and three other instructors were there, their arms wide, blocking people from coming to us. A few of the classrooms had windows facing where we were so I had no doubt they’d seen us.
The bell rang, and I tensed, knowing some of the girls would come out to see what was going on.
I’d pulled her into my arms, cleaned off the streaked mascara and tears, and stroked her hair and back. I’d had no idea what would be fine, but I didn’t know what else to say.
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