Captivated Hearts

Chapter 20

Once Arya and Cam were in the car, they talked about going somewhere else but, considering it was already half past eight, they figured they should be headed home soon. They decided to stop at the store first and passed one Dollar General on the way, along with a Duck Donuts. She thought maybe they would stop there another day since they had just eaten dinner and were both so full.

When they got to a local Food Lion which, was exactly like another Walmart, they found a parking spot and headed inside. There were a fair amount of cars in the parking lot so, Arya had assumed the store would be filled to the brim with people shopping for a gallon of milk, a dozen of eggs or, maybe just a case of beer and a sub to bring with them on a boat for the night, while they spent a few hours night fishing.

Arya hadn't ever really understood the setup of the Food Lion. Unlike Walmart, they had the hot foods way off in the back, closer to the bread. While Walmart had their hot foods up front and over by the produce section.

She tried to decipher where she could find the isle for a heating pad or maybe even some Tylenol but, couldn't seem to figure it out.

When Cam wasn't looking, Arya pulled out her phone and searched for a supplement that she could take instead of Tylenol.

She found that Magnesium was a good supplement and multiple moms had recommended it while pregnant so, she decided she would give it a try.

Arya figured she could ask Cam what isle she could find it in since he was a local and, likely knew the place very well.

When she asked, Cam led her in the direction where all sorts of over-the-counter medications and vitamins would be.

Arya searched up and down each side of the two isles before finally coming across a Magnesium supplement. Cam had furrowed his eyebrows at her while she shuffled past him with two bottles in her hand. Off the top of her head, it was easy to make up a lie that he would believe. Simply because he knew nothing about her.

"I'm not big on the whole Tylenol thing."

She assured him, and he nodded his head, ushering her a smile.

Arya headed further into the back of the store, passing parents chasing after their toddler who was knocking over cans of soup, an elderly woman who was looking over the labels of a can of chicken and, teenagers who just seemed to be fooling around. The teenagers had looked to be about her age but, she wasn't quite sure.

There were three of them. One had bleach blonde hair, and a thin figure. She was wearing a strapless pink crop top and, a pair of shorts that just barely passed a fifth of her thighs.

Another had black hair that was pulled up high into ponytail. She also had a thin figure but, hers a bit thinner than the first girls. The girl had on a white tank top and, a pair of red lululemon shorts and, it looked as if she just got done going on a run.

The last, looked completely different than the other two. She was wearing a long black sleeve hoodie and black leggings. Her hood was over her head, so Arya wasn't able to determine what color hair the girl might have had.

Arya began to turn her head just as the two girls began looking at her. Arya turned her head in the opposite direction, hoping to see Cam behind her. But he was half an isle away from her and was just beginning to walk in her direction with a smile planted on his face. Just as he was inching closer to her, one of the girls must have realized it was him and shouted out his name. The smile that once lit up his face slipped away and, was painted with a thinner one.

It was easy to read him and who he was and wasn't comfortable with. He wasn't comfortable around them as far as she could tell. His shoulders were tense and, the hands that he once had in hers, were picking at each other nervously.