The Third Best Thing by Maya Hughes EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Maya Hughes
- Language: English
- Genre: New Adult & College Romance
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JULES
Itugged the drawstrings of my hood tighter around my face and crept
across the street. My breath came out in small puffs in front of my face,
and I prayed no one would see me. Each step made the note in my
pocket crinkle, the sound so loud that I froze in the middle of the street, as
though no one would notice me in black, creeping across of the road.
A door opened a few houses down. Fear shot through me. Some people
came out onto a porch halfway down the block, laughing, and the bass from
their music filled the silent air. Not everyone had gone home for the break.
My heart skipped into overdrive.
My gaze darted to the house looming in front of me. The two-story
townhouse was the nicest on the street by far. It was a former frat house that
had been taken over by the Fulton U Trojans’ star players earlier this year
when the frat had been kicked off campus.
Do it. Go for it and no one needed to know. Be quick, Jules. In and out. I
snuck a glance over my shoulder and scurried to the other side of the street.
The cold barely touched me with the liquid courage coursing through my
veins.
Someone turned the corner, driving down the block. I dove for the
bushes, hoping that with my black hooded sweatshirt and black jeans, they
wouldn’t spot me. Not that it wasn’t suspicious tiptoeing around the
neighborhood in my attempt at inconspicuous attire.
After a bottle of wine and way too many chocolate chip cookies, here I
was with a dirty note in my pocket and liquid courage that waned with each
second, standing at the foot of the steps leading up to the porch. What was I
doing? What would I do if I got caught? If one of the football players came
out and found me crouched in front of their porch? Would I play dumb? Run
for my life? Drop out of school and start riding the rails?
The house had been dark for the past few days. I’d only managed at home
through Christmas morning before I’d bolted back to campus. My gift of
socks and a low-calorie cook book had been the last straw after a week of
needling and snide comments. Mom had said I’m hard to shop for, but she
knew what I needed. Thanks, Mom.
My sister had gotten a new Audi. Seemed comparable. I’d fled and
immersed myself in the kitchen—baked until I thought the house might burn
down from the oven being on for almost two days straight.
I was stalling. The longer I stood out here the greater the chance that
someone would catch me. Someone like Berk. Elle would freak when she got
back to campus and I told her. Was I going to tell her I’d done this?
Now or never. My hands clasped tighter around the envelope in my
pocket.
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