Former class mom, Aella Ramirez is handling decorations.
And her cousin, also a former class mom, Clementine Callahan, has somehow convinced half the town to donate auction baskets.
Sabrina has spent three days making centerpieces with her kindergarten class.
Which means every surface in the faculty room currently sparkles.
The final prep meeting tonight has gone on forever.
It's already after six.
And I'm gathering papers when Sister Agnes claps her hands.
“Well done, ladies. Go home before I assign more work.”
Everyone laughs.
I smile.
Because in another thirty minutes, Kai is picking me up.
Dinner.
A real date.
Just us.
I practically float back to my classroom to collect my purse.
My phone buzzes with a text.
Kai /Tough Guy
Baby, running ten minutes behind. Don't leave without me.
My cheeks heat.
Me
Wouldn't dream of it.
Kai
Damn right.
I smile like an idiot.
Then I hear slow clapping.
The sound freezes me.
Because I know that voice.
“Well, well. No bodyguard tonight, Miss Donahue?”
Joel Jonas.
My smile dies instantly.