Part 3
He sent chills down her spine. Genesis glanced over her shoulder as Amber led her away from Drayton.
"Are you /sure/ you don't know him?" Amber asked her for the second time.
Genesis shook her head. "I swear, I've never seen him before."
She hadn't and that made her feel worse. She couldn't put her finger on what it was about him. She had never been to this area in Texas before. Her mother was an artist, her father a writer. They'd wanted open space where her mother could paint, and peace and seclusion for her father to concentrate on his writing.
Genesis wasn't sure what it was about the American midwest that was appealing to them. They had lived in Hong Kong, London, Thailand, Sicily and Paris. She had never met anyone called Drayton before. "Certain," Genesis repeated. "Never met him before. Why do you ask?"
Amber shrugged, tucking her blonde hair behind her ear. "I got the sense there was - well - maybe a /vibe/ in the air between you guys."
Genesis eyed her. "Vibe?"
Amber chuckled, almost embarrassed. "Sounds totally crazy, doesn't it?"
Genesis smiled. "Believe me, I know crazy and weird."
Her father had once dragged her and her mother to a séance when he had been writing a ghost story once, her mother had pulled them to a nudist colony during her naturist phase. They'd been to a weird club in London where people had dressed up like vampires, last year down the back streets of Thailand and Hong Kong into the seedy side of the red light districts which her father had claimed was more 'research' for one of his books, they had spent several months earlier that year tracking through the Amazon jungle for her mother to find her inspirational streak. Genesis had seen plenty of weird.
"Well this is the library," Amber had taken her, as she had asked.
Checking her watch Genesis had less than five minutes before the bell rang for afternoon classes. She frowned, annoyance furrowing her brow. "So much for the books plan."
Amber shrugged. "Sorry, I guess we didn't have as much time left as I thought."
Genesis had been getting on pretty well with Amber that morning. Amber had shown her around, introduced her to people. She had seemed nice, if a little shy. Now since the encounter with this Drayton guy, Amber's attitude toward her a changed. All because of some weird - vibe - in the air, that made Genesis shiver just thinking about it. It made no sense.
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He sent chills down her spine. Genesis glanced over her shoulder as Amber led her away from Drayton.
"Are you /sure/ you don't know him?" Amber asked her for the second time.
Genesis shook her head. "I swear, I've never seen him before."
She hadn't and that made her feel worse. She couldn't put her finger on what it was about him. She had never been to this area in Texas before. Her mother was an artist, her father a writer. They'd wanted open space where her mother could paint, and peace and seclusion for her father to concentrate on his writing.
Genesis wasn't sure what it was about the American midwest that was appealing to them. They had lived in Hong Kong, London, Thailand, Sicily and Paris. She had never met anyone called Drayton before. "Certain," Genesis repeated. "Never met him before. Why do you ask?"
Amber shrugged, tucking her blonde hair behind her ear. "I got the sense there was - well - maybe a /vibe/ in the air between you guys."
Genesis eyed her. "Vibe?"
Amber chuckled, almost embarrassed. "Sounds totally crazy, doesn't it?"
Genesis smiled. "Believe me, I know crazy and weird."
Her father had once dragged her and her mother to a séance when he had been writing a ghost story once, her mother had pulled them to a nudist colony during her naturist phase. They'd been to a weird club in London where people had dressed up like vampires, last year down the back streets of Thailand and Hong Kong into the seedy side of the red light districts which her father had claimed was more 'research' for one of his books, they had spent several months earlier that year tracking through the Amazon jungle for her mother to find her inspirational streak. Genesis had seen plenty of weird.
"Well this is the library," Amber had taken her, as she had asked.
Checking her watch Genesis had less than five minutes before the bell rang for afternoon classes. She frowned, annoyance furrowing her brow. "So much for the books plan."
Amber shrugged. "Sorry, I guess we didn't have as much time left as I thought."
Genesis had been getting on pretty well with Amber that morning. Amber had shown her around, introduced her to people. She had seemed nice, if a little shy. Now since the encounter with this Drayton guy, Amber's attitude toward her a changed. All because of some weird - vibe - in the air, that made Genesis shiver just thinking about it. It made no sense.
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