Chapter Twenty: More Than A Dare

**Kyla's POV**

He pulled over and parked his car in the lot. Seems I'm a little lucky today. There were not much students loitering. The few who were there noticed our presence and began whispering incoherent words. Richard seemed to notice my change in behaviour as he followed my line of sight to the students.

"Don't worry about them. Just act like they aren't there."

"But they are."

I retorted, bowing my head slightly.

"I know but if you pretend long enough, you'll forget that you're actually pretending."

He says looking straight into my eyes. His words seemed to have a double meaning. Just could place my fingers around the second.

"Let's go."