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“Lucy can I ask you something?” I asked quickly as the last worker left the kitchen. “You want to know about Jason” Lucy said putting her fork down. “I could tell it was coming when I say the way he looked at you when you two met” I felt so stupid at that moment. But never mind that. I had to know about Jason. “I can’t help but wonder” I said smiling. Lucy hesitated for a moment as if she didn’t where to start.

“Well, where should I start? Ever since Sarah died and his Dad remarried he hasn’t exactly been the same. The last girl he dated was a disaster, they met at school and became friends but she wanted to be more than friends. Lara pushed him into asking her out, only because she was rich. He had a bad feeling once he asked her out. But he didn’t want to be rude to her so he stayed in the relationship. She would call him everyday just to say hi and hear his voice. She was obsessed with him! She would not let him go, everywhere they went together she would freak out when he would let go of her arm. There was something wrong with her. Once he broke up with her, Cassidy and his step-mother were angry. Jason doesn’t like those kind of girls. He says he likes girls who will like him for who he is and not for his money. The girls who aren’t very rich, kind, and actually know what it’s like to not be rich. The ones who actually care more about others then themselves. Last month his Dad and him went to help the homeless, Jason’s step-mother was not happy. She stayed home because she thought it was wrong. Jason doesn’t really open up to anyone anymore. After the accident he kept to himself. I don’t know much more about him. But you might get lucky” Lucy finished. He seemed so different than I thought. “What accident?” I asked quickly. “The accident of him and his mother, it’s how she died. They were” Jason’s Dad came into the kitchen. I knew Lucy didn’t want to say what happened in front of him. After he left I could tell Lucy didn’t want to talk about it anymore so I backed off. But I really wanted to know more about Sarah and the accident. And Jason, he was a mystery to me still.

I had to go upstairs and clean the windows in every room, starting with the living room. A door opened from down the hall and a few minutes later Cassidy came and after her Jason did. He sat in one of the chairs behind me as Cassidy went downstairs. I turned around right as he looked up at me from his laptop. His light brown hair, that has not been combed yet. A sly smile appeared on his face as his dark brown eyes met mine. I couldn’t help but smile back. Jason was about 6’1. He has rosy cheeks, he is muscular, tan, and had an amazing smile than can get you to do anything for him. “Lucy told you about her, huh?” he asked. I paused for a moment, “About who?” I asked. “You know. About the girl” he replied as he shut his computer. “Oh…well she didn’t tell me a lot. So I don’t exactly know what’s going on” I replied. Jason’s head dropped but he kept smiling. “She pretended to be someone she wasn’t. She acted like she didn’t care if she had a lot of money. I soon found out she only wanted my money and fame.” I didn’t know what to say. I felt bad for him. “I’m sorry” I finally said. “Don’t worry about it. At least I found out before it got any further” he answered. Looking straight into his eyes, my hands started to shake, butterflies swarmed into my stomach. Jason walked over and noticed I was shaking. “Are you okay?” he asked. “Yeah, I think so, I just need to stop shaking” I said quickly. He put his hand on top of mine. “Your hands are freezing” he said pulling my hands away from the window. But he wouldn’t let go, I looked up right as he did too. I couldn’t stop shaking. But I wanted to know what happened to Sarah. “You’re shaking like crazy” he said sounding all worried. “Jason, I want to know what happened to your mom” I said. He stepped back slowly, letting go of my hand. That was a bad idea to ask that to him, and I knew it. “It was after” Jason stopped when Cassidy came up the stairs. When she left Jason went downstairs. I felt so bad for asking that. And it made me want to know even more. He came back and I could tell he was going to tell me. so I sat down at the table next to him and he started to tell me the whole story.

It was horrible! Now I know why it was hard for Jason to talk about it. Or for anyone to, it was a terrible thing that happened to Sarah. But something was wrong. I felt like the story was missing something, like he was making it up to cover up the real story. My mind was too curious so I had to find out, and soon. After cleaning the windows in the living room, Lucy came up with another rag for me. “You’ll need this” she said handing it to me. “Thanks, Jason told me about the accident” Lucy paused in place. “But I don’t know if it was the truth or not. It seems like it was just another story to cover up the real one.” I had a feeling Lucy wasn’t going to tell me either but I had to ask. “I don’t know if I should tell. It’s only your second day and you’ll find out later on” she finally said. I did a big sigh and went back to cleaning. “I can tell you this. It was no accident, of what happened” now that made me scared when Lucy told me that. What really happened? If it was no accident, than who wanted Sarah gone so badly. And they are still out there. “What exactly do you mean?” I asked when I turned around. “Someone wanted Sarah gone, and quickly” Lucy said and left the room. Now I really wanted to know the truth. My curiosity was getting the best of me. I knew it wasn’t my place to be, but something was telling me that I should find out the truth about Sarah Turner’s death.

The day went by fast. It was nothing new, all we did was clean and eat. Except Jason came down into the dining room again and did his homework. (Cassidy and Jason were home schooled). Lucy asked me to go clean the table again. It wasn’t a big table, but there were pieces that you could hook to it to make it bigger. “Are you good at math?” Jason finally asked. “Sure, what is it that you need help with?” I said grabbing his book. As I reached for it, I accidentally grabbed his hand. Quickly I pulled it away after seeing him smile. “Precalculus, I can help” I said. For about an hour I helped Jason with his homework until Lucy called me back to work.

After we finished cleaning up I went upstairs to my room. Once I got into the living room Jason was leaning against the wall with a book. He was standing in the opening of the hallway that led to my room. I kept walking towards him but when I moved to the other side, he moved in front of me. “Reading a book?” What’s it called?” I asked. Jason turned the book around, “Pride and Prejudice” he said. “What’s it about?” Jason paused and I knew he really wasn’t reading it. Jason looked up, sighed and smiled. “Yeah, that’s what I thought. You never read it, and it’s my book” I said grabbing the book, opening the cover and pointing to my name in it. I just laughed and walked to my room. “I know you asked Lucy about me and my mother” Jason said quickly but not turning around. “I don’t mind. But if you are learning about me…I want to learn about you” I didn’t know what to say. There was nothing exciting about my life. But I followed him anyways into the living room. Once I sat down, I took a deep breath and started. “When I was two months old, I guess my parents left me at this shelter. Jessica, the shelter owner, her mother took care of me. All the kids there knew their parents were alive. Except for me, I had no idea who they were, I didn’t know what they looked like, I didn’t know if they were alive. And I still don’t know. During the day, when I turned eight, I would go to people’s houses and other places to clean. Than people asked about hiring me to be there maid, finally your step-mother called and gave Jessica a huge offer for me. When I first heard about this it made me angry. I was being treated like some animal or something! Jessica couldn’t refuse the offer so she sold me to this house. Like I was a slave! From what I’ve learned slavery ended a long time ago. So…now I’m here” I could tell that Jason was astonished, by the look on his face. He never said anything for a long time. I didn’t know if I should just leave or stay. Until he said, “Wow! I…I’m sorry. That’s just terrible.” “Well, it’s just how my life went… when I was little I use to imagine what my parents would look like. I always dreamed about what things we would do together” I said smiling to myself.

For about an hour and a half we sat on the couch talking to each other. At 1:30 A.M we both got up and walked to the hallway to my room. “Good night” Jason said looking at me and smiling. He slowly leaned in, my heart beat faster and faster. He put his arm against the wall behind me. He started to lean in closer. “Good night” I said quickly and went under his arm. I left him standing there alone. And I couldn’t look back at him or it would have made me feel more terrible.

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She left me here, standing alone! Couldn’t she see that I was starting to like her? I never felt this way before. But why did she leave me hanging. Was something wrong? Or was it something I did? Jason wondered these things as he stared at Mia’s door to her room. He walked down the hall and found Lucy in the other living room down from my room. “What are you doing awake?” he asked. “I couldn’t sleep” she said as he sat across from her. “Well, I won’t be able to after happened” Lucy looked at him with a confused looked. So he had to tell her what just happened with Mia. It wasn’t a very awkward conversation, because he usually talked to Lucy about my problems. He talked to his Dad sometimes, but he was always too busy. “Mia isn’t exactly the girls you find around here” Lucy explained. “She has never liked a guy so deeply. She’s liked guys, but never really deep into it or dated them. She’s a sensitive girl.” He kind of figured she was sort of like that. Since she said she didn’t really have many friends except for one when she was young. “Jason, just take things a little slower, or just don’t show your feelings and she will catch on. Give her sometime” Lucy added. As he walked back to his room, he figured he would just not show his feeling till another week or two went by. And, maybe, hopefully she will catch on to it.

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I was breathing deeply as I leaned against my door. Jason was a sweet guy but I’m just not ready. I know I probably hurt his feelings when I left him there, but he must understand how I feel. I never felt this way before.


CHAPTER 2