Babel Novel
Chapter 23
Chapter 23
AMELIA’S PO.V
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The bomb that Clara dropped played in my head the entire ride. Those boys would be with me at every second of every day. There would be no Clara to save me then so I would need. to be able to defend myself. The truth is that I’m not sure if I can do it. I am sure they have been training since they were children and I have never even stepped onto a training mat in my entire life. Would it really matter how long or how hard I train? They would always be able to beat me.
“You’ll be fine,” Clara assured me and that was when I realized that I was talking out loud. I flushed pink and she gave me a small smile. “Don’t worry about it, are you ready?”
“Ready for what?” I asked and she laughed softly.
“To get your car of course.”
I looked up and realized that we were in front of a large auto repair shop. I didn’t realize it was an auto repair shop because of how prim and proper it looks. The building had cream. walls and glass windows that prevented me from looking inside. When we walked through the front door, I was in awe.
It was large- larger than any repair shop I had ever been in before with rows and rows of engine oil and wipers and different things needed for car repairs. Before now, I have only been in a car shop once and that was when father sent me to get some engine oil for the car. He had a guard who did most of the car repairs so maybe that’s why I was in so much awe of the place.
I walked behind Clara as she weaved through the rows and stopped in front of the counter. There was an elderly looking guy there, he had to be in his mid forties and he had graying. hair and warm brown eyes. He looked down at Clara and smiled wide revealing a gap tooth.
“You’re here for the car aren’t you?” he said and she nodded eagerly. “Well then, you both can come with me.”
He led us into the back and I followed quietly. The back space was somehow larger than the front with at least six cars that I could see all being worked on. There were so many people
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walking around but they were all too busy doing their own thing to even pay attention to us. The man led us past all the cars being worked on to the very back of the shop and that was when I saw
my car.
It looked nothing like how I had previously left it. The windshield and the lights had been changed and there were no signs of breaks or scratches on it. The dents had been fixed and it looked like the car was given a new coat of paint. It looked brand new in comparison to how it had been the last time I saw it. Hell, even while I as back home, this car has never looked so good.
“You fixed it,” I began and he shook his head.
“I didn’t fix it actually,” he said and I opened my mouth to ask when I heard footsteps from behind me.
“I did.”
The voice was layered and soft, as if the person speaking had a tongue made of silk. I turned to find the source of the voice and I saw a very tall and attractive man standing behind me. He had d*rty blond hair and piercing blue eyes and he wore a plaid shirt with the sleeves rolled up and washed out jeans. He winked at me and I looked away and smiled. shyly.
“You can go Ronald,” the mystery man said and the older man left. Once we were alone, he turned to me. “I’m Hunter and I fixed your car. Ronald is usually the one who attends to customers seeing as I have a lot of paperwork to do. Owning a business is not as easy as people think it is but I decided that I had to do this introduction myself.”
He was flirting with me, that much was obvious and I didn’t know how to react to it. No one other than Blake has ever flirted with me in my life. All I could do was smile shyly and duck my head as my cheeks tinged pink.
He laughed softly and turned to Clara. “I have to thank you for bringing me such a beautiful customer. I haven’t had someone this stunning walk into my shop in forever.”
“You might want to cut down on your playboy ways Hunter,” Clara clicked her tongue in reprimand. “She isn’t one of the cronies that you can play with.”
Hunter raised his brow almost as if it was a challenge and before he could speak, I realized
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that I needed to fuse the situation.
I walked over to the car and ran my fingers over it softly. “Thank you for fixing it. You did an amazing jobs
My words broke their stare off and they both turned to me. Hunter nodded his head to me in appreciation while Clara watched me carefully but I avoided meeting either of their eyes.
“We should go Ameha, someone else will be here to pick up the car.” Clara said and without another word, she turned on her heels and walked out of the door. Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.
I knew she was expecting me to follow so I nodded to Hunter and started to leave. I had. barely walked past him when his hand wrapped around my upper arm keeping me in place. I looked up in shock and checked to make sure Clara hadn’t noticed us but she hadn’t. She was still walking in front oblivious to what was happening.
“I hear that you’re new in town,” Hunter whispered in my ear. “If you’re ever in need of a part time job then we could always use a helping hand around here. It would be a nice change to having all these men around all the time.”
I heard someone clear their throat and I noticed that Clara had stopped walking and was now staring at both of us. It made me feel like I was doing something wrong and I tried to jerk my hand out of his grip but he didn’t seem to care about Clara’s gaze.
“Think about it” he said and then finally released me.
He walked away as if nothing had happened and I quickly rushed over to Clara’s side. She shot me an inquisitive look but I refused to meet her eye or answer her silent question. It filed away the job offer into a corner of my mind for future use. I might need it sooner or later.
Clara didn’t say anything again about Hunter or what happened at the repair shop. She just drove quiedy but then I noticed she was taking an unfamiliar route. I wanted to ask questions but I realized she knows the area better than I do and she wouldn’t lead me where I would get hurt.
I quietly stayed in the car but then she pulled up onto a busy street. There were so many. shops and people walking around and I couldn’t help but take in the environment with wide eyes. We had rects like this at home where people would mainly go to relax and have
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fun but I was never allowed there because I was always treated badly.
“If you ever want to have a good time then this is the place to go,” she began as she drove by slowly. “There is a cinema down the street and some of the best fast food restaurants are only a few blocks away. This is also where most university students come to hang out so there is a huge possibility that you will make friends here.”
She pulled up in front of a café and I saw so many people my age walking in and out. There wasn’t a single person who I saw standing alone, they were all in groups of twos and threes and some up to five. They seemed happy and chattered away as if there was no care in the world. Clara introduced me to a few people and all I could do was smile shyly and wave at them.
I couldn’t wait to start university and make friends for myself. I couldn’t wait to walk these same streets with my own friends while we talked about classes and home work and the fun things we had to do. I could feel the excitement bubbling inside me as we made our way towards the cafe doors and that was when I saw the flash of movement to my
side.
I turned quickly wondering if I had seen right and I had. Kaden was standing there with a beautiful woman on his arm. She was tall with a slim figure and long legs that were gracefully accentuated by
her short dress. She had pin straight black hair and I couldn’t see the color of her eyes. They looked like a perfect couple, they looked so prim and proper and as I watched them, it felt like someone had wrapped their hand around my heart and squeezed.
“They look good together don’t they,” Clara said and I resisted the urge to say something.
bitter.
There is no reason why I should be feeling this way. I don’t even know Kaden. He can be with whoever he wants to be but why do I feel like someone is stabbing at my chest repeatedly.
I saw Clara watching me quietly as if waiting for a response but I couldn’t give her one without revealing this sick feeling in my chest that I don’t even have a name for.
“I think they’re a perfect couple,” she added. “I wonder if Kaden is going to make her-,”
“We should go in.” I cut her off not wanting to hear any more about Kaden and his date.
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They had disappeared into a car and even though they were out of sight, they were not out of mind. Clara nodded next to me and hooked her hand into mine as she led me into the cafe. She ordered a burger and fries for both of us and it wasn’t until I started eating that I realized how hungry I was. The food was momentarily able to calm my raging thoughts. and as Clara asked me more questions, I was able to push the thoughts of Kaden and that girl into the back of my mind.
It didn’t stay hidden though because as soon as we were home and I was alone in the comfort of the room, the thoughts came back. I couldn’t understand why I felt that kind of way over a stranger. I couldn’t understand why I even felt a little bit jealous when I had no right to. The more I thought about it, the worse it became.
I tried to push it out of my mind and fall asleep but it just wouldn’t go. It didn’t matter how tired I was, the thoughts continued to plague me until well after midnight when my brain exhausted itself and I drifted off to sleep.
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