"Is Jessie here?" the man at the door asked Carissa. Looking at him in disgusted she shouted
"Jessie!"
Rushing down the stairs I saw them both staring at me. I was dressed in a black blouse that said "punk rock", short white pleated skirt and black and white sneakers. My blue dyed hair was caught in a ponytail and I pondered for a while if that's why they had been staring.
Getting to the door, I excused my sister as I met the person at the door.
"Lawrence?" I asked puzzled to see him. I hadn't spoken to him since that night and had thought he didn't want anything to do with me anymore. After all he was 30 and had his wife while I was just 19.
"I have something important to discuss with you," he said quietly. I looked behind me- mom and dad were at work because of course it was Thursday; my sister was on spring break and so was I. I had planned to go to the skating rink that evening. Looking at my watch I noticed it was 3pm and I had time to spare.
"Come in," I said opening the door wider for him to enter.
Clearing his throat he said
"At my place," I raised a questioning brow but said nothing.
"Carissa!" I shouted down the hall way "I'll be back."
"Ok!" she shouted back as I went out and shut the door.
Hopping into the front seat of his big red Audi Q7 V8 TDI, I put on my seat belt. Watching me intently for a while he decided it was time to leave. I had been to his house before but the way he headed wasn't the direction of his house.
"Where are you going?" I asked peering through the window
"I have some paperwork to drop off," he replied throwing a purse he had found on the floor of the car to the far back- ending up in the trunk.
"Hey that was mine!" I shouted as he turned a corner. Pulling up the handbrake he stopped in a highly forested area that only had dirt tracks. I scanned my surroundings- there was a little stream not far from us, basically it seemed to be an ideal place to have a picnic.
"I have to pee," he said coming out of the car and shutting the door. I watched him until he was out of sight. I unbuckled my seatbelt and crawled around the back of his car. Pushing down the seats and the back I lay flat on my stomach with my legs kicking off on the carpeted floor trying to reach underneath for my purse. Feeling the soft material I pushed it further up.