Newman is saying her goodbyes. I follow the two older women to the front of the shop, Kate the other shop assistant walks up to me,
“Hey you know that tall dark and handsome guy that was in here earlier?” Confused I look at her for a moment before remembering Caleb was in here.
“Um I think so.” I reply, no need to make myself look a complete and utter fool, drooling about the one person who probably doesn’t want me anymore. I guess karma really does reap what you sow, and I sowed a lot of dishonesty towards Caleb when I should have been honest about Duncan just being a friend after that first date. I had seen Caleb a couple times since that night but I never gotten around to telling him Duncan was just a friend so he probably thinks were still dating.
“Well he was watching you looking for him; he was stood over there near the display at the back of the shop. As soon as you went into the consultation room he came up to me and asked me to give you a message.” She says. By now she has my full attention and she knows it, so she draws out the suspension making me almost wring her pretty little neck!
“Oh, what did he say?” I ask her with forced nonchalance. Not getting the reaction she was hoping for, Katie tells me with a huff that Caleb is in fact outside, waiting in his car and requested that I meet him there after my shift was finished.
“We can handle the shop now Amber, there is only an hour left so you can go early if you like.” Gail says walking up behind me. I turn around to see her smiling encouragingly at me.
“Are you sure Gail? It’s only an hour and im sure Caleb wouldn’t mind waiting. After all he is the one who came early not me.” I say back to the kind elderly lady. Gail shoos me away and before I know it I have my coat and bag on my persona and am making my way to Caleb’s car across the street. Caleb sees me coming and switches on the engine. As soon as im all buckled up he heads for the motorway.
Chapter Twelve
The silence in the car is deafening, neither one of us has said a word yet, since I got into the car. I twiddle my thumbs while chewing the inside of my lip. I glance at Caleb out of the corner of my eye to see him fixated on the road ahead. Which is a good thing, I tell myself after all I wouldn’t want him to crash the car! It doesn’t take long before we are pulling up at our destination. I sit up and look between the house and the man sitting next to me. Seeing my confusion Caleb takes pity on me and decides to fill me in.
“Betsy and I have been discussing the best way for us to find a cure for this curse I have. This is a witch I have worked with in the past and I think she may be able to help us find what we are looking for. I am hoping she is as helpful now as she was then.” He says with one of his famous smirks. I will ask him later what she helped him with before for him to consider her now, but right now I am intrigued to be meeting a real live witch!
I try to contain my excitement but as we exit the car I find myself restlessly switching from foot to foot. Caleb throws a wry smile my way before heading in the direction of the small cottage style house. I hadn’t realised until now that Caleb had driven us outside of the city into a more rural area where the tiny cottage is surrounded by trees. Actually the more I look the more it looks like we’re in the middle of a wooded park. This makes me wonder how far we have travelled and how long I was say staring at Caleb. The sudden horror of remembering all those amused glances he would through my way every once a while had my face flaming with embarrassment. Caleb notices where my thoughts have gone and chuckles. I keep my head cast down so that my hair covers my face and walk ahead to the front door. I knock on the door just as Caleb walks up behind me and a blond middle aged woman frowns down at me. I frown back and look to
“Hey you know that tall dark and handsome guy that was in here earlier?” Confused I look at her for a moment before remembering Caleb was in here.
“Um I think so.” I reply, no need to make myself look a complete and utter fool, drooling about the one person who probably doesn’t want me anymore. I guess karma really does reap what you sow, and I sowed a lot of dishonesty towards Caleb when I should have been honest about Duncan just being a friend after that first date. I had seen Caleb a couple times since that night but I never gotten around to telling him Duncan was just a friend so he probably thinks were still dating.
“Well he was watching you looking for him; he was stood over there near the display at the back of the shop. As soon as you went into the consultation room he came up to me and asked me to give you a message.” She says. By now she has my full attention and she knows it, so she draws out the suspension making me almost wring her pretty little neck!
“Oh, what did he say?” I ask her with forced nonchalance. Not getting the reaction she was hoping for, Katie tells me with a huff that Caleb is in fact outside, waiting in his car and requested that I meet him there after my shift was finished.
“We can handle the shop now Amber, there is only an hour left so you can go early if you like.” Gail says walking up behind me. I turn around to see her smiling encouragingly at me.
“Are you sure Gail? It’s only an hour and im sure Caleb wouldn’t mind waiting. After all he is the one who came early not me.” I say back to the kind elderly lady. Gail shoos me away and before I know it I have my coat and bag on my persona and am making my way to Caleb’s car across the street. Caleb sees me coming and switches on the engine. As soon as im all buckled up he heads for the motorway.
Chapter Twelve
The silence in the car is deafening, neither one of us has said a word yet, since I got into the car. I twiddle my thumbs while chewing the inside of my lip. I glance at Caleb out of the corner of my eye to see him fixated on the road ahead. Which is a good thing, I tell myself after all I wouldn’t want him to crash the car! It doesn’t take long before we are pulling up at our destination. I sit up and look between the house and the man sitting next to me. Seeing my confusion Caleb takes pity on me and decides to fill me in.
“Betsy and I have been discussing the best way for us to find a cure for this curse I have. This is a witch I have worked with in the past and I think she may be able to help us find what we are looking for. I am hoping she is as helpful now as she was then.” He says with one of his famous smirks. I will ask him later what she helped him with before for him to consider her now, but right now I am intrigued to be meeting a real live witch!
I try to contain my excitement but as we exit the car I find myself restlessly switching from foot to foot. Caleb throws a wry smile my way before heading in the direction of the small cottage style house. I hadn’t realised until now that Caleb had driven us outside of the city into a more rural area where the tiny cottage is surrounded by trees. Actually the more I look the more it looks like we’re in the middle of a wooded park. This makes me wonder how far we have travelled and how long I was say staring at Caleb. The sudden horror of remembering all those amused glances he would through my way every once a while had my face flaming with embarrassment. Caleb notices where my thoughts have gone and chuckles. I keep my head cast down so that my hair covers my face and walk ahead to the front door. I knock on the door just as Caleb walks up behind me and a blond middle aged woman frowns down at me. I frown back and look to
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