Her saving Grace

Chapter 14

“Go away Carson.” I said. My voice sounded groggy and stuffed up, so I cleared my throat. I heard

silence for a while and then. “Are you crying?” “No.” I denied, shaking my head. “Yes you are. What’s

wrong?” He asked quietly.

“It’s nothing. Leave me alone, Carson.” I said, feeling the tears threatening to spill again. I really didn’t

want to cry in front of him.

“It is something. Come on, you can tell me.” He prodded. I shook my head as the tears began to spill, “I

just want to be alone right now.” I said. “But-” “Dammit Carson, go! Just go.” I said as I started to cry

again.

Carson’s blue eyes turned cold and dark, just how I was used to it, then added. “Fine, whatever. Forget

I asked anything.” Then walked away without a backward glance.

Finally alone once again, I buried my head in my knees and cried. After crying for what seemed like

forever, I was sitting down just looking out in front of me, when I heard the ringing of my cellphone. I

jumped in surprise as I didn’t remember that I had it with me.

Picking the phone up, I saw that it was Jasmine. I answered it and place it to my ear. “Hello.”

“Kayla, where are you? We are all worried about you. School started half an hour ago.” She said

worriedly.

“I’m not coming to school today, Jasmine. I’m sorry, I was going to call you guys.” I said.

“Are you okay? You must be seriously ill for you not to come to school. I know you, you would not miss

school for anything. We’re coming over when school ends.” She said firmly.

“No, no. That’s not necessary. I just woke up with an headache. I’ll be fine.” I replied quickly.

Sanid “Okay then. Please call me if anything.” She said. “Alright, I will. Talk to you later.” I said. Okay,

bye.” She said, then hang up.

I put my phone back into my pocket and stood up from the bench. I didn’t know where I was going, but I

knew that I couldn’t sit here for the entire day. My body was too tired and sore to walk any further, so I

decided to walk back to my house.

Hopefully, Allan has left for work already.

The next day I went to school. I didn’t have another altercation with Allan when I got home yesterday as

he had already left for work.

When I got to school, my friends bombarded me with questions of concern. I had to convince them that

I was okay. Thankfully, the pain in my stomach that I had yesterday was gone.

The day went by quickly and Lucas, Kevin, Jasmine and I left school together. Jasmine had asked us to

come to her house after school to watch movies. I didn’t decline, because I did not want to miss

another time of hanging out with my friends.

After watching two movies and enjoying my friends company, it was time for us to leave. Lucas, Kevin

and I bid Jasmine goodbye and left. We walked for a while, before we split directions.

I was almost home when my phone started ringing. I took it from my pocket and saw that it was

Miranda. I answered it. “Hello Miranda.” I greeted her.

“Hello Kayla. I was wondering if it is possible for you to come to the cafe for an hour?” She asked. “I’m

sorry to implore on you like this, but we really need the help.”

“Of course I can, Miranda.” I replied. “I don’t mind at all. I’ll be there in fifteen minutes.” I looked at the

time and saw that it was almost 5:30pm.

“Thank you so much.” She said, then hang up.

As soon as I reached the cafe, I head straight for the door at the back. The place was crowded and

buzzing with customers. I passed Miranda serving a customer and I waved at her. After I changed into

my uniform, I came back to the front to help serve the customers that were in the cafe. The cafe was

packed and it was only Miranda, Samantha and Kerry. Miranda informed me that Riley was out with the

flu.

It was almost 7:00pm, when I heard the jingle of the bell, signalling another customer. I looked towards

the door and recognized the two people that walked in. They were two of Carson’s friends; Jordan and

Michael. They went over to a seat near the window and sat down. I saw that everyone else was busy

dealing with other customers, so I went over to them, my notepad in hand.

“Hello, welcome to Miranda’s Tasty Treats. What can I get you?” I asked, when I reached them.

Both boys looked up at me as soon as I spoke. “Oh, hey. You’re the girl from school. The one who hit

Carson in the face with a dodgeball. I didn’t know you work here.” Michael said when he recognized

me.

“I just started here recently and are you guys really still on that?” I asked. “Nope. But I don’t know your

name, so I use that.” Michael replied, shrugging his shoulders. “My name is Kayla. Now what may I get

you boys?” I asked, getting back to my task. “Can I get a vanilla milkshake and three diet cokes?”

Jordan asked.

I wrote their orders on the notepad in my hands and smiled. “Your order is coming right up.” I walked

away from the table to get their order.

Within seconds, I came back to the table carrying a tray with their drinks. I took the beverages off the

tray and placed it on the table. “Here you go. Is that all?” I asked.

“Yes. We actually gonna take these with us.” Jordan answered. “What are you guys doing getting

drinks so late at night, anyway?” I asked suspiciously.

“We were actually a couple of blocks down the road, when this idiot said he wanted a milkshake.”

Michael answered, hitting Jordan on the back of his head.