It'll Come Naturally novel Chapter 1178

"Let's meet at that coffee shop we both like!" Leena said. She knew she couldn't avoid this and was ready to submit. She just hoped that Patricia could save her some humiliation and not yell at her in public.

"All right. Get a move on, then. See ya!" Patricia raised her eyebrow smugly after she hung up. 'This girl really needs to be taught a lesson. Why doesn't she respect me? Then she wouldn't have to go out of her way to calm me down when I'm pissed, ' she thought.

"See you later," Leena said weakly, and put her head down on the steering wheel. She was so depressed right now. Leena would rather be dead than face Patricia.

Leena stopped feeling sorry for herself after she remembered why she went out in the first place. She fumbled with her phone in her haste to call Claire, but the girl wouldn't pick up. She pressed redial repeatedly, but there was still no answer. She started to worry, and couldn't know that Claire was practicing her turn on the runway. The music was so loud it drowned out the phone. How could she even tell someone was calling? Her head was in the clouds right now, her worldly cares forgotten.

'Where did she go? Why didn't she tell me?' Leena thought to herself and wondered if she needed to call Kevin to ask if he knew. It was eleven o'clock and she'd known for an hour that Claire was gone. Who knows how much of a head start she already had?

After she thought about it for a moment, she finally gave in and called Kevin.

"What do you need? Shoot!" Kevin said. He thought the call was from Claire, so he even didn't look at the phone number carefully and kept locking his eyes on the soldiers who were practicing on the playground.

"Sorry! Are you busy?" Leena was taken aback by his abrupt manner. He knew she never called unless it was super-important. Why was he so rude?

"Oh, hey honey. I thought it was Claire," Kevin said in surprise. He didn't think it would be Leena, because she rarely called. Besides, her phone was broken.

"Is Claire with you? I can't find her." Leena stated this plainly. Sometimes, the plain truth was the best policy, and Leena lived by that. She figured she'd let the momentary case of mistaken identity go. Why create more drama?

"Oh! That. She told me she went out with a friend and asked me to tell you if you called. Looks like you have a new phone?" He knew who Claire was talking about, without even guessing. That must be Louisa. He figured that was okay as long as they didn't try and mess up Leena's life.