The Escape Plan (Only Magic in the Building)

by Katie Bailey

Don’t let circumstances dictate what your heart wants, but rather, let your heart shape your circumstances.”

I know guys like that. Guys who play women for their own gain, who use women to make them feel bigger and better about themselves. And though I don’t know her well yet, I already want so much bigger and better for Keeley than that rat of a guy.

He gives her a crooked grin. And even though Nori is my friend and fully in love with Cash, a strange flicker shimmies through me. It’s not that I don’t want him to smile at Nori… more that I want that smile directed at me. Always. And I’m not exactly sure what to do with that information.

Work has seemed so far away this summer, and I’m happy to keep it that way until I’m back in Ireland and actually have to face it. Which is a little ostrich-y, I’ll admit. But they’re known to be nice birds, right? Bit dim. But nice.