Chapter 152 Meeting Claire

• "Fancy seeing you here, Alex!" She says to me, that creepy plastic smile still on her face, a cold hand climbs up my spine. The expression on my face is stuck between reciprocating her smile and freezing in genuine terror. Claire, of all people to run into is the absolute worst option. My brain is in a frenzy, just trying to put together the possibility of what I am seeing. How does she just show up every time I am with Zane? Is she stalking me? What does she know and what has she seen? My mouth goes dry.
• "Hi." I manage a feeble response that is barely audible.
• "Miss McBride?" Zane says, taking her attention away from me as I blush hard under the bright lights of the store. Guilty and nervous as fuck. A bead of sweat pops out on my forehead.