Persona by Amy Lunderman Read Free Book Online

parents don’t really like me to be distracted. From school work I mean.” Moira mentally kicks herself, what a dork she is.
    With a frown, Spencer says, “That’s too bad. I would have loved to see if I could have caught up to you. Maybe another time?”
    With another smile and a wink, he walks away to a group of guys across the field. Moira stands alone, and wishes she could take back her answer. She thinks that he might have been flirting a little bit with her and it makes her cheeks flame up again. Shaking her head, she tries to tell herself that the last thing she needs is a crush on some guy. But she can’t stop her pulse from racing, as she remembers the way his fingers felt on her shoulder. Tossing aside bad thoughts, Moira joins the class as they do cool down exercises for the rest of class.
     
     
     
    After gym, Moira gets to lunch still feeling the afterglow of running outside. Thankful of bringing her own lunch, she can avoid the long lines at the door. Making her way to the table in the back of the room, she notices Daisy and Ray is already sitting down. Their heads are bent close together, and seem to be talking about something important.
    “Hey guys, what going on?” Moira asks as she sits across from them.
    They both look up with the same worried expression, which makes her blood run cold. Raven and Marty aren’t anywhere to be seen and that makes he think something happened to them. Then she remembers Marty acting weird earlier, and can’t believe that she forgot about it.
    “What happened?” She asks again.
    Sighing, Daisy looks to Ray, so he says, “Marty got into a fight this morning, defending Raven. He used his persona and before he could jump the jock, a teacher stopped him.”
    “He and Raven both have detention for the next week. The guys that were teasing her just got a warning.” Daisy finishes for Ray.
    Moira can’t believe it, actually she can. Marty is a little touchy. It makes her feel good that he stood up for Raven, but it’s not fair they both got into trouble.
    “That’s not right. They shouldn’t have been the only ones to get into trouble.” Moira says in surprise.
    “Yeah well, the rules for us aren’t exactly fair.” Daisy says quietly.
    Daisy looks down at the table, and pushes her meatloaf around on her tray. Ray puts his arms around her, and Moira can see tears in her eyes. She’s about to ask her if she is alright, when someone walks into the cafeteria that catches her eye. It’s Spencer. Now he’s wearing fitted jeans and white tee shirt, Moira thinks he looks better sweaty. She follows him across the room her eyes, and just about jumps out of her seat when she sees where he is going.
    Straight into the skinny arms of the blonde demon Quinn, there goes that crush.
    ***
    November 2013
    Peter Fletcher stands on the opposite side of a two way mirror, and watches Moira interact with her father. She is two years old now, but the way she acts you’d think she was a five year old. Her father has been coming to visit more often these days. He had finally gotten clearance to do so, much to Peter’s dismay. He watches them now, with a sick fascination.
    Moira holding her father’s hand shows him around her small room and points out all her favorite toys. After two laps, he convinces her to sit and read with him. To his surprise though, she ends up reading to him. They spend an hour re-reading a story called goodnight moon, and Peter can see tears in the other man’s eyes.
    Peter knows he should feel something at this sight, remorse, jealousy, pity. But all he can feel is disappointment, which she is not turning out like he’d hoped. She is still showing no signs of infection, even though she has been getting monthly doses of serum now. He has been meeting with his business partner Dixon recently, and he told him if she doesn’t show signs soon, they will have to return her to her father. That is something he doesn’t want to do, and he hopes she will do