Chapter Twelve
My Secret Master
The morning chilled me as I kissed Daniel and Stephanie good-bye. Daniel ran off to campus for an early morning class, Stephanie needed to do research at the library, and me...I headed for my regular eight to five job at the car dealership, only today was different.
Once I got into the office I started up my sick act and conned them all pretty good. I didn’t overdo it with the coughs, and I pretended to look just tired enough that I had a fever. By the time lunch rolled around my boss practically kicked me out of the office and told me not to come back the rest of the day or tomorrow. If only everything else later would work out so smooth.
South Coast Coffee was jumping. People rushed in on their lunch hour, gobbled down food, then dashed back out t
