Count To Ten
Chapter One
Chicago
Saturday, November 25, 11:45 p.m.
A branch slapped the window and Caitlin Burnette's jaw clenched.
"It's just the wind," she muttered. "Don't be such a baby." Still,
the howling outside was unsettling, and being alone in the
Doughertys' creaky old house wasn't helping. She dropped her eyes
back to the statistics book that was responsible for her being alone
on a Saturday night. The party at TriEpsilon would have been a hell
of a lot more fun than this. Noisier, too. Which was why she was
here, studying the most boring subject in the quiet of a boring old
house instead of trying to study with a party going on all around
her room.
Her stat professor had scheduled an exam for Monday morning. If she
failed it, she'd fail for the semester. If she failed one more
class, her father would take away her car, sell it, and use the
money to take her mother to the Bahamas.
Caitlin ground her teeth. She'd show him. She'd pass that damn test
if it killed her. And if she didn't, she had nearly enough money in
savings to buy the damn car herself or maybe even a better one. The
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