Eliza arose early the next morning with a fire in her bones and a tiny bit of fear. It was a big day, and her career advancement rested in the hands of a group of people she was too ashamed to admit she forgot existed. It made her ill to think she could have been the Chief of Police already if she would have filed a complaint immediately. None of that mattered now.
She got up early to have a moment of quiet to get her thoughts together and prepare a statement before getting the twins up, but she wasn’t early enough. Breanne was in the living room talking to herself. The poor child had been doing that a lot lately. Eliza assumed she was stressed. Talking out her problems aloud probably helped her process them better so a solution would present itself easier.
“Oh, good morning, dear. You’re up very early. Is everything all right?”
“The early bird catches the worm, mom.”
She sat next to her strange child. “I see. What worm are we catching today?”
“The same worm I catch every day! Kaiden Pruett.”
“But, I thought you caught that worm already.”
“I did, but the challenge now is making sure the worm doesn’t realize he’s been caught!”
Eliza got an uneasy feeling in her stomach. “I don’t follow.”
Breanne groaned impatiently. “We went to the romance festival and I had him drink lots of tea.” She chuckled. “He thinks we’re hopelessly in love!”
Subterfuge?! And here she thought Kaiden had finally come around to recognizing his feelings for Breanne. On one hand, she was appalled at what her daughter had done as it was borderline criminal. On the other hand, she enjoyed the prospects of her family potentially merging with the most respected family in town. Breanne’s underhandedness now threatened that union. They were young enough to still be a ways from making those kinds of decisions, but that special birthday wasn’t too far off in the future. Plans definitely needed to be made in order to be prepared. Unsure what to do or how to feel, but definitely not wanting to be an accomplice, she left her to go bathe.
“I’m sure you’ll think of something, dear.”
Eliza!!!!! Come on, I know you wanted to get connected with the Pruetts, but dang girl. You can’t just rubber stamp your daughter subverting the boy’s consent!
Sheesh, I now see what you mean when say Eliza does things that aren’t right for the sake of her goals.
I’m still dying to know what’s going on from Kaiden’s perspective. Did he agree to become Breanne’s boyfriend while under the effects of Sakura tea, or did the tea come later? And is he staying with her because of his general tendency towards inaction? I have so many questions, lol.
Uh oh! I think you skipped 16.2 lol. But yeah…Eliza is a bit of a bad girl this week lol.
Yes, Kaiden agreed to be her boyfriend under the influence of the tea! We’ll see Kaiden’s perspective in the Pruett’s week…and I promise it won’t be as long as this rotation!
Let me go catch the one I missed!
We’ll see how Kaiden’s fate pans out!
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Oh boy, do I want to see Kaiden’s POV! LOL Eliza is at it again! “She sat next to her strange child.” That cracked me up because I could relate. 😛 😀
It cracked me up too. I was like “wow…even after all this time she hasn’t accepted that her child is actually insane LOL.”
LOLOLOLOL That’s so funny!
I half expected Eliza to arrest Breanne for poisoning Kaiden. 😀
LOL oh that would have been epic.
Lol I love Breanne .. subterfuge or not ❤️❤️❤️❤️