Chapter 15
I stood outside the bookstore for breathless moments, glancing up Main Street in the direction of the studio, then spinning to the west and scanning the empty campus, the shortcut to my apartment. For the first time since Friday, I cursed myself for not packing my cell phone in my jogger’s belt. I had purposely left it behind, not wanting any interruptions during my time with Skylar. But now I regretted my decision as I debated whether to head back to the studio and tell my lover all that I had learned, or proceed to my apartment as originally planned. Certainly I could have gone back into Olga’s and asked to use the phone, or retraced my earlier steps to that open convenience store, but I didn’t want anyone to overhear my conversation with Sky.
Actually, the more I thought ab
