Alone With Him

Chapter Seventeen: Alone With Him Racheal’s POV The following Tuesday arrived with a relentless downpour that seemed to soak into the very bones of the city. It was the day of the much-anticipated "Business Innovation Field Trip," an event I had been dreading since it was announced. Because of the partnership, my entire class was being bussed to the Seattle Maritime Museum and then to a private luncheon at one of the Knights Enterprises development sites. I had tried to call in sick, but the Dean had personally emailed me saying that Mr. Knights had requested my "expert commentary" on the logistics of the day. I stood at the front of the yellow school bus, clutching the handrail as the students piled in, laughing and shaking their umbrellas. I looked out the window, hoping for a repriev