KASMINE.
"Kester? What are you doing here?" I asked. It was such a stupid question. I know.
"Isn't this the way to the restroom? You didn't tell me it was out of bounds, Mine," he replied with his hands casually in his pockets.
"Oh. I am sorry. I just... I was surprised to see you here," I swallowed the needles in my throat.
The way he stared at me felt like he was seeing right through whatever pretense I was trying to put up.
I listened, prayed, and wished that Jake remained in there. If Kester sees Jake and I coming out of the same space, he'd kill us both.
"So, let's go, then," I said as I made to move past him, but he didn't step aside.
"I never said I came to look for you. I was heading to the restroom, too," He said, and my heart gave a loud thud. I could swear he heard it.
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