Chapter 23
Brielle
You have got to be kidding me, is all I can think when Allen announces that I have just grown a shadow. Isn't that a bit drastic?
But he's serious. I can tell by the look on his face that I will be lucky to go to the bathroom by myself until this is all over.
"Great, just great," I mumble when I realize I do not get a say, and I frown when I hear him laugh at me as he leaves the room.
Although I will never, ever admit it, it makes my heart do this weird double-thump thing to realize that for the foreseeable future, Allen Jones is a prominent fixture in my life.
I promptly frown again and push that feeling aside with all the force my tired psyche can muster.
The last thing I need right now is to pine after someone who is not interested.
I finish off my second glas
