Page 76 of Broken Butterfly
“Oh, that. Right. Could you explain again what I need to do?”
“You’ll have until January twenty-first to finish up your assignments and the two quizzes you missed. You will take your final exam sometime in the last week of January in my office. We will schedule the exact date and time later. Since the next semester will have already begun, I hope you will be able to handle a couple of extra weeks of work to make up for the month you were gone.”
“Yes, absolutely. Not a problem. Thank you so much.”
“I hope I’m not being too forward, but may I ask if everything is alright? I was told by the dean that you were on medical leave. I hope it was nothing serious.”
“I’m good now. That’s all that matters, right?” I brightly evade with a smile on my face. I thank Professor Hallenger and return to my seat. Several eyes follow me as I go.
“What was that all about?” Meredith asks.
“He just wanted to go over my missed work. I have until the end of January to get everything completed.”
“You know we’ve got you covered,” Trevor says.
“Thanks, guys.”
For the rest of the class, we go over what the final exam will entail and are given our last novel assignment. When we’re all dismissed,Trevor, Meredith, and I leave together so I can wait for Ryder at the bottom of the steps outside.
A male voice catches me when we near the glass doors at the exit. “Elizabeth Fairchild, right?”
Three guys are blocking our way. I think two of them are probably on the football team based on their build and the jersey shirts they’re wearing. The third guy is more preppy-looking than his friends with his baby blue V-neck sweater and brown loafers.
“Damn, she’s prettier than in those pictures,” one of the bigger guys says.
What pictures?
The tall preppy blond steps forward. “Heard you liked to fuck multiple guys at the same time. Me and my friends are interested. Want to meet up later?”
He reaches out to slide a finger down my cheek and I’m about to smack his hand away and tell him to fuck off when Trevor steps in front of me and shoves the guy hard, slamming him into the doorway. Meredith jumps in ready to join the fight, even though she’s more than a foot smaller than all of the guys. I grab her hand to stop her.
“What the fuck did you say to her?” Trevor growls threateningly.
Before preppy can respond, the door opens behind him and two campus security guards walk inside. They slow down when they notice Trevor and preppy guy facing off.
“Everything good here?” one of the officers asks.
Preppy guy wipes his hands down his jeans and gives a nod. “All’s good,” he says and thumps his two friends to signal they should leave. Trevor watches the guys until they are out of sight, while I stand there completely confused.
What the hell was that all about? How did those guys know my name, and what pictures were they talking about?
Fallon: Get to my frat asap.
Me: On my way.
Fallon sent me the text right after I kissed Elizabeth goodbye at Mason Hall. His frat is about a ten-minute walk, so I should be back in time to pick Elizabeth up after her class. When I turn up the walkway to the house, Fallon is sitting outside on the steps. He doesn’t look happy.
“I’m here, so what’s up?”
Fallon’s indignant eyes flick toward the front door. “Come inside. I need to show you something.”
Several of his fraternity brothers are hanging out in the living room. One is passed out face-down on the couch, snoring loudly. The lucid ones cautiously watch Fallon stalk up the stairs to his room, with me trailing behind. He goes to his laptop and hits the space bar then jerks his head at me to come over.
“I found out about this shit last night. It took a while for me to get it taken down, but I screenshotted everything so you could see. By the time I was told about this, it already had over three hundred views.”
My ass falls into his desk chair, my brain disbelieving what I’m seeing. “What the hell is this?”
“Someone is trying to mess with our girl.”
