Chapter 40

Friday night, we would break into Pause. This Friday night. Kendra had formed a solid plan with maps and charts she'd left in the dead drop. Ryan had finished my mask. Everything was set.

I was terrified.

In school on Friday, I couldn't stop fidgeting. Neither could Ryan. In business class, he bounced his pencil up and down on his notebook, tapping out a nervous beat. He caught me looking in the middle of our teacher's lecture and gave me a slight nod and a wink.

My heart stuttered.

Elizabeth caught the whole exchange and covered her grin with her long braid.

A few minutes before the bell rang, she leaned over and hissed, "Okay, that guy wants you naked."

I snorted and shook my head while the rest of me heated and tightened in all sorts of places, totally on board with that idea.

"Come by tonight so we can talk about him," she said, her dark eyes twinkling. "It feels like I haven't seen you in forever."