Heartstrings On Fire

Chapter 19

Agnes never thought that a dude like Jared would be caught dead in the kitchen. Wasn’t a guy like him supposed to be all about takeouts and dining out?

But you had to hand it to him, watching him cook was a sight for sore eyes. Every move he made was like watching a masterpiece in the making.

Turning around, Jared caught Agnes in his‘ view. “Off to school?” he asked.

Agnes just nodded, almost robotically.

“Breakfast is ready. Eat before you go.” Jared suggested in the most nonchalant manner,

Thinking about last night’s events, Agnes was still down in the dumps.

She sat down silently and started on her breakfast.

The breakfast was the whole nine yards. Jared’s pancakes were to die for. But right now, all Agnes wanted to do was skedaddle out of there. So, she wolfed down her food hastily she burned her tongue.

sit down, Agnes was already done. Dropping her fork, she announced, “I gotta jet. It’s the opening ceremony

sense that something was off. Frowning, he asked, “Agnes, do you

“What happened last night? I don’t

before asking, “Do

it’s not far away, I can

hall like a bat out of hell. She remembered all too well about last night, but

1. up.

Agnes was officially a sophomore. In the afternoon, she was notified about a meeting at 3

journalism, and Lakeside College was a well–known media university. The

almost forgot that Jenny was now the vice president of The Journalism Society, a position that Agnes had bowed

Agnes was spacing out. She did hear something about The Journalism Society planning to start a new column called Big Shot, and they were discussing ideas for the first

Ryder. Some suggested the

Lily turned to Jenny

this column, our first interviewee has to be a big fish. We shouldn’t limit ourselves to the