Chapter Twenty-Two
Romey stood from her crouch. The tendons in her knees and spine all crackled with protest as she did so. She’d just helped her last student put up their experiment for the science fair. The actual work of lugging the projects inside the church recreation room hadn’t been taxing. Keeping the fake smile plastered on her face while her heart was in agony had been.
She wished she could put the temperamental organ in a jar of vinegar and have it congeal like one of those bouncy eggs. Right now, her heart felt like a volcanic mixture just waiting for a teaspoon of baking soda to make it erupt and spill all over the church’s linoleum floors.
Love sucked. But she was in it. And she didn’t see an escape.
Jordan had stolen into her mind and lodged himself in both her left and
