There’s Something You Should Know

Kira wanted to see Austyn right now, to tell him that she loved him too. But the waiting seemed to stretch on forever. The morning had been drawn out. The afternoon was interminable. When dusk was finally here, Austyn was still nowhere to be found. Kira kept her ears pricked up for the familiar roar of the Hummer’s engine. Normally, she would have welcomed the quietness outside, but now she found it suffocating. It was now way past dinnertime. Austyn didn’t return. Nor did he call. Kira checked the time again. It was four minutes, twenty seconds past seven. Elise came out of the kitchen and sighed when she saw Kira on the sofa. ‘Young Madam, you should eat. The food’s getting cold.’ ‘I’m not hungry.’ ‘It’s been more than six hours since you had lunch, and you barely touched your food back then.’ Elsie sat down next to her. Kira was telling the truth. She wasn’t hungry. Usually, she snacked when she got nervous. But not this time. She had too many butterflies in her stomach to keep down