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That hurt, damn it. Where did he get off being such a jerk?
She got ready for school early, thinking he might come by before he went to work. Wrong again.
Jerk!
At lunch, Steve texted and said his plan had worked. He found a room on the tenth floor where all the old files were boxed up. He’d even left a window open for her.
She texted him back and asked if he would go with her tonight.
And just as she knew he would, he said yes.
When she got out of school, she walked by Chase’s cabin, but he wasn’t there. So she took off to the front of the school, to see if Chase’s car was there. It wasn’t. But Burnett’s was.
“In here,” Burnett said as she moved inside the office.
Della stepped into Holiday’s office, not really sure what she planned on saying. Then she remembered she needed to let him know that she and Steve were going out.
“You back from work?” she asked, not wanting to blurt it out first thing.
“Yeah,” he said, looking up from his laptop. “You okay?”
“Not really,” she said. “Tell me we got a new judge on my dad’s case and I’ll be better.”
He frowned. “I haven’t heard anything yet.”
“So no luck finding Stone?”
“No. Chase did get a few more addresses from someone on the council to check. But—”
“Is that where he is now?” she asked.
“No, he covered that this morning. He didn’t find anything.” Burnett looked back at his computer.
“So is he working the Chi case now?”
Burnett looked up as if almost confused. “No, we did that earlier too.”
She didn’t want to ask, but it just leaked out. “So where’s Chase now?”
Burnett hesitated. “I’m assuming he’s at his cabin.”
“No, I went there, and his car’s gone.”
Burnett frowned. “I didn’t mean here, I meant at his cabin.” He sat up. “Did he not tell you he was moving back?”
She recalled Chase’s words: I’m out of here. Screw it. “Yeah, he kind of did,” she said, hurting.
“Is something up between you two?” Burnett asked.
“I wouldn’t have a clue what’s up with him,” she said to keep from lying. And it was true. She didn’t know what had gotten into Chase. Sure, he’d been jealous of Steve before, but never so … so crazy.
“He wasn’t himself today,” Burnett said.
Della almost tossed out that she and Steve were thinking of going out, but it just seemed too weird after talking about Chase. “Well, I’ve got homework.”
Not that she planned on doing it.
She took off, and almost as if wanting—hoping—to prove Burnett wrong, she went to cabin fourteen.
