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CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: Here We Go

C L A I R E

Sam couldn't help but gasp at what I told her about the deal that I made with Ethan. There was a hint of disbelief in her eyes as I sat there, eating my lunch.

I guess she was expecting that I'd only give an easy punishment to the guy.

But to consider that I almost got hit by his car and most of my incidents were on purpose, it was best that he'll take his own medicine for that.

There was a silent pause at first but then she shook her head at me and decided to take a bite of her food.

After she chewed on it and swallowed, she suddenly pointed her spoon at me. "Don't you think that's too much? I mean, I still can't believe you'd put him as a laundry boy."

"What did you expect?" I asked her with a raised eyebrow before taking out my phone and looking at it. I guess he's still in class. He hasn't really given me the time when we'll meet.

Samantha gave me a shrug. There was a slight pause before she even answered. I guess she wasn't sure what to say. "Probably just a treat at a mall, he'd pay for your meal or something?"

"A meal, in exchange for, almost hitting me with his car?" My answer made her widen her eyes and even put her finger under her chin as if she was thinking.

"Okay, maybe continuous free meals? I guess I didn't think that through," she squinted her eyes before giving me an awkward smile.

There were a lot of people leaving the cafeteria by now, considering that their classes were about to start.

Rolling my eyes, I then decided to continue. "Doing the laundry isn't that bad, right?"

"I'm not that sure, Claire. It depends if he actually knows how to wash clothes." The fork I had in my hands fell down the table. There was a slight silence between us as I stared at her with one eyebrow raised.

"You're kidding," I told her as she gave me an expression that almost told me I was making the big mistake of my life.

Before I could even reply to her, my ringtone went off — making all of the people in the cafeteria turn their heads to look at me.

Embarrassed, I immediately went to grab it and answered, "Hello?"

I could hear some shuffling from the other line before I heard a familiar voice speaking. "I'll meet you tomorrow at 10."

"Alright then." After that, we both hang up and I could see Sam's reaction, patiently waiting for the news.

"What did he say?"

"He said he'll meet me tomorrow."

"Don't be too harsh on him, alright?"

Nodding at her, I decided to raise my right hand. "It's just laundry, I promise."

"Oh, the bell rang. We better get going." As soon as we got our trays back, we walked straight out of the cafeteria and toward our classes. I couldn't help but yawn as soon as we went inside our classroom and sat on our seats beside each other.

"Three more classes and we're going home. I'm excited."

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Yesterday went by like a normal day but I didn't quite expect that I'd wake up to be more grumpy than usual.

My eyes shot wide open as soon as I heard someone calling from my phone.

This was a new thing to me. Groggily looking at my nightstand, I took my phone and decided to end the call without looking at the caller's id. That should do the trick.