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Chapter 4

Maddie

I heard the sounds of thunder against the nstairs and I sat up, slightly frightened My , and I juo downstairs to see what had happened, but I knew that was a bad h horroron But I also knew I didn’t want to stay in hed and reached for my old tennis racket in the corner of my room It wasn’t a baseball bat, but it would have to do Why had o out of town? I was super pu out of town and they hadn’t o with them I had almost been in shock; my dad was so overprotective that he usually liked to accorocery store It had takento a college out of state, without a private bodyguard It was so annoying and cloistering, and I hadn’t knohat I was going to do if he kept hovering over me as if I were some soon-to-be-extinct species

The fact that they had chosen to let e feat, and I knew that if he knehat I had done the previous night, I’d never be let out again But I wouldn’t have changed a thing It had been the best night of an Martelli; it had been ot into the car to be with hi was due to the fact thatafter my attempted car theft That had been crazy, and I still couldn’t quite believe that I had done it I hadn’t planned on trying to steal it; an That was the best way to meet him; at least that hat I had been told But then as I alking and saw the cop car with the keys in the ignition, so came over me I wanted to knohat it felt like, but I panicked when the cops sawI knew I could outrun theive you that confidence And then I saw Logan staring at me, and I paused for one brief second And as our eyes connected, I saw the amazement, respect, and surprise in his eyes And I felt like I was on fire He was even eous than I had expected I wanted to run over to him and kiss him, but I knew I couldn’t stop

My i down the stairs My grip tightened on the tennis racket and I took a deep breath and crept through my open bedroom door and walked down the stairs slowly I listened to the creaking of the stairs underneath my feet and cursed that my parents hadn’t updated the historic mansion and put in a marble staircase I tiptoed down and heldroom that was next to the entryway and realized that the ere cracked and not broken I peered through the s andby the an What was he doing here? And as he trying to destroyand ran outside in a hurry

"Logan," I screa?"

"Where’s your dad?" His voice was hoarse and he had a crazed look in his eyes

"He’s not here," I shouted at him as I ran down the porch steps "Come inside"

"What do you mean, he’s not here?" He frowned at ht away because you didn’t want to deal with your parents"

"I lied" I looked at him coolly, still

"You lied?" His eyes narrowed and he took a step back "What the fuck?"

"Would you have taken me to the field if you had known ht air I was only wearing a pair of short-shorts and a tank top I saw Logan look down at ain, but this time it wasn’t because I was cold

"You were in bed?"

"Yeah, it’s still nighttiave e to kiss him and wipe the cocky smile off of his face

"Actually,at this hour"

"Actually,up at this hour because they have to get to their uess that rules you out, then?" I lifted one eyebrow at hie these days?"

"Maybe car thieves get up early to steal cars before anyone else is up" He leaned towardsas you joined the ranks yesterday, or at least, tried to join"

"Corabbed his arm, and my stomach dropped as he yanked it back away fro out here"

"Scared to be seen with the town criminal?"

"No, but I don’t want people to call the cops because they don’t knohat’s going on"

Logan stared athoht, Maddie"

"Wait ato tellrocks atrocks," he responded petulantly, and I alhed

"Pebbles, rocks, whatever," I hissed and walked up to hiuess that’s your MO, just walk ahen the questions start co away frole tiuy Maybe this will help you see what the real world is about"

I tried to ignore the hurt that coursed through me I had been told he had a chip on his shoulder It wasn’t personal I just had to rean" My voice was soft and I stared into his eyes, this tihed "You want to fk again?"

I turned away from him and felt my face flush I wanted to slap hinore the heaviness between ain More than anything But I also knehat he uy on the first day they uy a second time after he treats her like shit? I didn’t want to be that sort of girl

"I’d like to chat" I looked back at hiain "That’s it"

We stared at each other for a few seconds and I watched as Logan ran his hands through his dark blond tousled hair again His eyes narrowed as he thought, and I could see that his shoulders were tensed He looked back into reen irises, I felt excited and scared

"Okay" He paused "I’ll come in for a few minutes"

"Great" My heart soared and I walked quickly back up to the door with hiht behind me A part of etting into letting Logan Martelli into my house and my life I’d had a small crush on him for a few years but that was based on a few photos and conversations about hione to elementary school with, in the suo upstairs" I closed the door behind hi him up to erly and I saw hi in A part ofinventory of all ofback to steal everything I ignored the brief hesitation and grabbed his arined it would be inside" His tone was even and alrand, but it’s warrandfather clock next to the dining room entryway and walked over to it "This is nice"