Secrets In The Sunset | KTH 18+ ✔️

Chapter Forty-Six

Lucas:
Hey...
Mrs. Bailey and I both
have to leave early.
Do you still have your
office key? She needs you
to lock up tonight.

I read the text and roll my eyes. I'm so glad I didn't give him any information about Kinsley or I would have never gotten those snacks he would have promised me.

Yes
I still have the office key.

Lucas:
Ok cool
She needs you to come
in 30 minutes earlier.
See you on Sunday.

"Great! Now I have to rush into work." I turn off my phone's screen and grab a fry from Madison's to-go box.

"Why?" She asks smacking my hand away.

"Lucas and Mrs. Bailey are taking the afternoon off so it'll just be me. I need to get there early." I grab another fry and give her a sassy facial expression.

"Sorry. Did you still want to go shopping tomorrow after class?"

"Yeah. I'll text you later." I get up from the grassy area we were sitting at during our lunch break and dust myself off.

By the time I'm changed into my work clothes and rushing down the hallway to the elevator, it's already twenty minutes until I need to be there. Luckily, it's not far from campus, so I think I'll be able to make it. I briskly walk across the parking lot to my car and unlock the door, tossing my purse to the passenger seat as I sit down, but when I try to turn on the engine, it just clicks.

"Not today!" I whine as I try to turn the ignition again.

Nothing.

I realize the headlights were left on all night. Putting my head on the steering wheel, I groan out in frustration. There's no way in hell an Uber or taxi would get here in time. Before I raise back up, someone knocks on my window making me jump from the surprise.

"Car won't start?" Justin asks as he sees my forlorn expression when I open my door to greet him.

"Nope. Dead." My shoulders sag in defeat. My eyes big and a pout forming on my lips.

"I can give you a ride if you need one. Where are you going?" He asks holding out his hand to help me out of the car.

"Really? That'd be great!" I quickly snatch my purse from the seat next to me and grab his hand to allow him to help me stand up from my little Beetle. "I was trying to head to work."

I follow Justin a few rows over to his large white Dodge Ram. His car is dramatically taller than I'm used to and I have to damn near launch myself inside, making him laugh at my struggle.

"It's not funny!" I giggle as I pull my legs in and grunt while trying to reach to shut the door.

"You and Madison both have the hardest time getting into my car." He smiles and starts the engine.

We pull up to the gallery with a few minutes to spare. I turn to him and thank him before sliding out of the door as gracefully as I could as he laughs at me slowly slipping down towards the ground until I feel my feet touch the pavement.

"Hey, I won't be able to pick you up, but let me know when you're free tomorrow and I'll jump your car for you." He says to me before I shut the car door.

"Okay, I will. Thanks again Justin. Really." I smile up to him.

"Any time!"

I shut the car door and walk up to the gallery, adjusting my shirt and running my fingers through my hair. The gallery always seems a bit eerie and cold when no one else is around and the lights are all off. Even during the day since the sunlight doesn't reach the main area where all of the artwork is displayed, all of the eyes seem to follow me around until I get the lights turned back on.