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Darcy thought her eyes were playing tricks on her when she saw Jay Hogart coming toward her. She made an attempt to hide behind a large bookshelf to her right, but it was too late. Jay had already seen her and looked like he was on a mission as he headed straight to her.
"Surprise, surprise! Little Miss Bible works at the library? I can't say I'm shocked!" Jay joked, an edge to his voice that made his teasing seem ominous of something more sinister.
Darcy grit her teeth and tried to remember the passage of Matthew chapter 5, verse 39 from the Bible that mentioned turning the other cheek. "Summer jobs are part of the whole college experience, not that I expect someone who didn't even graduate from high school to get that."
Jay smiled at the auburn-haired girl. He didn't know Darcy that well. Spinner had dated her, but that was bound to fail; Spinner just didn't have Bible-Thumper built in. She had been dating Emma's sloppy seconds, in the form of Peter Stone, but Jay doubted that one would last too much longer either. Girls with personalities like Darcy's shouldn't have bodies that...
Stay focused, Jay!
"I need a few minutes of your time," he said pointedly, not bothering to ask.
"I'm busy."
Jay leaned forward on the counter. He lowered his voice and tried to look his meanest. "So get un-busy."
Darcy motioned to another, older lady behind a back shelf, filled with books. "I'm taking my break now, okay, Edna?"
Jay followed Darcy to a back part of the library, filled with old filing cabinets that looked ancient. He wondered what kinds of secrets were held within the metal sides of those cabinets. He also wondered if Darcy could help him uncover a secret mystery of his own.
Darcy sat down at a table and sighed heavily. "How can I help you?"
"You can start by telling me everything you remember from that party at Marco's house last summer," Jay ordered.
Darcy didn't even have a hint of surprise on her face. She'd been waiting for this day, and dreading it ever since. "I was there."
"I know. I do remember seeing you there with Poindexter."
"His name is Peter," Darcy reminded.
"Like I care. What else?"
"Well I remember you breaking Emma's heart that night."
Jay sighed and put his head down on the oak table, letting it make a thick thud of a noise that echoed through the empty room. He raised his head and Darcy was more than a little moved to see the honest melancholy there.
"Okay, look, I know that you think I'm some kind of unfeeling jerk, but what you think of me doesn't matter. All that matters to me is Emma. Now she thinks that I made some kind of conscious choice to hurt her that night. That's not possible. I went to that party completely in love with Emma, excited to see her later on. How can it be that within a few hours, I decide that I'll throw it all away for a roll in the hay with Manny? Explain how that makes any kind of sense, Darcy," Jay pleaded.
Darcy knew at that very moment that the secret she'd been keeping inside of her could no longer be held. She'd misjudged. Judge not lest ye be judged. Darcy had wrongly convicted Jay; she'd believed the lies she was told without question. What kind of person does that?
She reached a hand forward and touched Jay's arm. "I think I have something to tell you.
Sorry for the really short chapter, but stay tuned because things are about to get a whole lot more interesting! What will Jay find out from Darcy? Will it change anything for Emma and Jay and their relationship?
