chapter eighty-four

I gripped my bag intentionally as I headed down to meet Killian. I promised not to hide anything anymore but we just made up. There is no way I want to bring up something that would cause tension between us. I could just play the fool for now. "What took you so long?" he asked as he helped me put my jacket on. "Oh, I had to pee." I lied through my teeth. He stared at me but didn't say anything. That guilt came back with full force. I was back to doing the one thing he hates. I tried to talk to him in the car, but my mind was far away as he talked about his meeting today. A plan that he had in mind seemed to be going well successfully but I couldn't bring myself to pay attention. Not when my heart was beating like I was running towards a cliff to my fall. What could be inside the letter this time? I was almost scared to find out. "Hey, what's wrong?" he asked. I stared at the hand that was holding my arm, concern was written all over his face for me. I opened my mouth to tell him what