The sins of her father could ruin her entire life...
Sang Sorenson is an 18 year old high school senior at Ashley Waters school. Her mother is dead, her sister has gone no-contact, leaving her with an absent father.
She's determined to get through s...
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We make the drive over to the garage quickly, and when we climb out, I can see she's nervous. Really nervous. Her fingers pressing her bottom lip to her teeth, and I'm itching to pull her hand away.
"Here goes nothing," I say to her.
She straightens her back and puts a confident expression on her face, shocking me once again. I follow behind her and we make our way over to Brandon and Axel.
"Mr Toma," Sang says, smiling. "I didn't expect to see you again today."
"I've told you to call me Axel," he replies, grinning. "I heard you're coming to help with my problem?"
"Yes," she says, although she has no idea what it it.
"Who is this?" Brandon asks, his tone hostile.
"Brandon meet Sang," Axel says. "Sang this is Brandon. Ask him."
I see her hesitate but then she turns to him.
"Bubbles," Miss Sorenson says.
"Wrench," he responds, an eyebrow raising. We don't usually work with birds outside of cases, so I can guess her appearance might have him curious.
"I hope you don't make me do that to every new person we meet," she says, causing Axel and I to burst out laughing.
"No promises," Axel teases. "But for now, let's take you to the problem."
He leads her to North, and Brandon and I follow. I want to see if she can help. I want to see how she handles it—handles him
"Mist [crap]. Wo zum Teufel ist der Schraubenschlüssel hingegangen [where the hell did that wrench go]?" I hear North snap. Now my German isn't the best, but I know that first word was a curse word. He uses it far too often.
"Es ist hier [it's here]," Miss Sorenson responds, holding up a wrench. "Bist du in Ordnung [are you okay]? You seem mad."
"Sang what are you doing here?" North asks, moving from the hood of the car to see her. I can see his eyes are glassy, meaning he has been drinking. I shake my head, not understanding what could have set him off like this.
"I was out for a meal with Mr Blackbourne when we decided to drop in here," she tells him, placing the wrench down gently.
"Why were you out with him?" North asks. I can see he's getting annoyed again but doesn't want Miss Sorenson to see.
"I had some things to discuss with him," she replies. She doesn't back down, even at his glower, and I admire that.
"Like what?" he snaps.
She turns to me, unsure if she can tell him. I nod, indicating she can if she wants to.
"Pineapples," she says.
"Library," North responds. I laugh at that because whilst I love my brother, I doubt he has ever set foot in a library before. His jaw drops, looking at her panicked. "You're academy? Since when? What cases have you done? Whose team are you on?"
