Chapter 23
AMELIA’S PO.V
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The bomb that ra dropped yed in my head the entire ride. Those boys would be with me at
every second of every day. There would be no ra to save me then so I would need. to be able to
defend myself. The truth is that I’m not sure if I can do it. I am sure they have been training since
they were children and I have never even stepped onto a training mat in my entire life. Would it
really matter how long or how hard I train? They would always be able to beat me.
“You’ll be fine,” ra assured me and that was when I realized that I was talking out loud. I flushed
pink and she gave me a small smile. “Don’t worry about it, are you ready?”
“Ready for what?” I asked and sheughed softly.
“To get your car of course.”
I looked up and realized that we were in front of arge auto repair shop. I didn’t realize it was an
auto repair shop because of how prim and proper it looks. The building had cream. walls and ss
windows that prevented me from looking inside. When we walked through the front door, I was in
awe.
It wasrge-rger than any repair shop I had ever been in before with rows and rows of engine oil
and wipers and different things needed for car repairs. Before now, I have only been in a car shop
once and that was when father sent me to get some engine oil for the car. He had a guard who did
most of the car repairs so maybe that’s why I was in so much awe of the ce.
I walked behind ra as she weaved through the rows and stopped in front of the counter. There
was an elderly looking guy there, he had to be in his mid forties and he had graying. hair and warm
brown eyes. He looked down at ra and smiled wide revealing a gap tooth.
“You’re here for the car aren’t you?” he said and she nodded eagerly. “Well then, you both can
come with me.”
He led us into the back and I followed quietly. The back space was somehowrger than the front
with at least six cars that I could see all being worked on. There were so many people
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walking around but they were all too busy doing their own thing to even pay attention to us. The
man led us past all the cars being worked on to the very back of the shop and that was when I saw
my car.
It looked nothing like how I had previously left it. The windshield and the lights had been changed
and there were no signs of breaks or scratches on it. The dents had been fixed and it looked like the
car was given a new coat of paint. It looked brand new inparison to how it had been thest
time I saw it. Hell, even while I as back home, this car has never looked so good.
“You fixed it,” I began and he shook his head.
“I didn’t fix it actually,” he said and I opened my mouth to ask when I heard footsteps from behind
me.
“I did.”
The voice wasyered and soft, as if the person speaking had a tongue made of silk. I turned to find
the source of the voice and I saw a very tall and attractive man standing behind me. He had d*rty
blond hair and piercing blue eyes and he wore a id shirt with the sleeves rolled up and washed
out jeans. He winked at me and I looked away and smiled. shyly.
“You can go Ronald,” the mystery man said and the older man left. Once we were alone, he turned
to me. “I’m Hunter and I fixed your car. Ronald is usually the one who attends to customers seeing
as I have a lot of paperwork to do. Owning a business is not as easy as people think it is but I
decided that I had to do this introduction myself.”
He was flirting with me, that much was obvious and I didn’t know how to react to it. No one other
than ke has ever flirted with me in my life. All I could do was smile shyly and duck my head as
my cheeks tinged pink.
Heughed softly and turned to ra. “I have to thank you for bringing me such a beautiful
customer. I haven’t had someone this stunning walk into my shop in forever.”
“You might want to cut down on your yboy ways Hunter,” ra clicked her tongue in reprimand.
“She isn’t one of the cronies that you can y with.”
Hunter raised his brow almost as if it was a challenge and before he could speak, I realized
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that I needed to fuse the situation.
I walked over to the car and ran my fingers over it softly. “Thank you for fixing it. You did an amazing
jobs
My words broke their stare off and they both turned to me. Hunter nodded his head to me in
appreciation while ra watched me carefully but I avoided meeting either of their eyes.
“We should go Ameha, someone else will be here to pick up the car.” ra said and without
another word, she turned on her heels and walked out of the door.
I knew she was expecting me to follow so I nodded to Hunter and started to leave. I had. barely
walked past him when his hand wrapped around my upper arm keeping me in ce. I looked up in
shock and checked to make sure ra hadn’t noticed us but she hadn’t. She was still walking in
front oblivious to what was happening.
“I hear that you’re new in town,” Hunter whispered in my ear. “If you’re ever in need of a part time
job then we could always use a helping hand around here. It would be a nice change to having all
these men around all the time.”
I heard someone clear their throat and I noticed that ra had stopped walking and was now
staring at both of us. It made me feel like I was doing something wrong and I tried to jerk my hand
out of his grip but he didn’t seem to care about ra’s gaze.
“Think about it” he said and then finally released me.
He walked away as if nothing had happened and I quickly rushed over to ra’s side. She shot me
an inquisitive look but I refused to meet her eye or answer her silent question. It filed away the job
offer into a corner of my mind for future use. I might need it sooner orter.
ra didn’t say anything again about Hunter or what happened at the repair shop. She just drove
quiedy but then I noticed she was taking an unfamiliar route. I wanted to ask questions but I realized
she knows the area better than I do and she wouldn’t lead me where I would get hurt.
I quietly stayed in the car but then she pulled up onto a busy street. There were so many. shops
and people walking around and I couldn’t help but take in the environment with wide eyes. We had
rects like this at home where people would mainly go to rx and have
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fun but I was never allowed there because I was always treated badly.
“If you ever want to have a good time then this is the ce to go,” she began as she drove by
slowly. “There is a cinema down the street and some of the best fast food restaurants are only a few
blocks away. This is also where most university studentse to hang out so there is a huge
possibility that you will make friends here.”
She pulled up in front of a café and I saw so many people my age walking in and out. There wasn’t
a single person who I saw standing alone, they were all in groups of twos and threes and some up
to five. They seemed happy and chattered away as if there was no care in the world. ra
introduced me to a few people and all I could do was smile shyly and wave at them.
I couldn’t wait to start university and make friends for myself. I couldn’t wait to walk these same
streets with my own friends while we talked about sses and home work and the fun things we
had to do. I could feel the excitement bubbling inside me as we made our way towards the cafe
doors and that was when I saw the sh of movement to my
side.
I turned quickly wondering if I had seen right and I had. Kaden was standing there with a beautiful
woman on his arm. She was tall with a slim figure and long legs that were gracefully entuated by
her short dress. She had pin straight ck hair and I couldn’t see the color of her eyes. They looked
like a perfect couple, they looked so prim and proper and as I watched them, it felt like someone
had wrapped their hand around my heart and squeezed.
“They look good together don’t they,” ra said and I resisted the urge to say something.
bitter.
There is no reason why I should be feeling this way. I don’t even know Kaden. He can be with
whoever he wants to be but why do I feel like someone is stabbing at my chest repeatedly.
I saw ra watching me quietly as if waiting for a response but I couldn’t give her one without
revealing this sick feeling in my chest that I don’t even have a name for.
“I think they’re a perfect couple,” she added. “I wonder if Kaden is going to make her-,”
“We should go in.” I cut her off not wanting to hear any more about Kaden and his date.
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They had disappeared into a car and even though they were out of sight, they were not out of mind.
ra nodded next to me and hooked her hand into mine as she led me into the cafe. She ordered a
burger and fries for both of us and it wasn’t until I started eating that I realized how hungry I was.
The food was momentarily able to calm my raging thoughts. and as ra asked me more
questions, I was able to push the thoughts of Kaden and that girl into the back of my mind.
It didn’t stay hidden though because as soon as we were home and I was alone in thefort of
the room, the thoughts came back. I couldn’t understand why I felt that kind of way over a stranger.
I couldn’t understand why I even felt a little bit jealous when I had no right to. The more I thought
about it, the worse it became.
I tried to push it out of my mind and fall asleep but it just wouldn’t go. It didn’t matter how tired I was,
the thoughts continued to gue me until well after midnight when my brain exhausted itself and I
drifted off to sleep.
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