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shielding Ash, and texted, Can we meet before school?
Somewhere we can talk in private. 4:46 am. She waited.
Close to six thirty, as her body started to drift, the phone
vibrated. Rachel. OK. See you in the library at 8.
When she told Ash, he wanted to go with her.
“You’re not allowed back on school property,” Greta said.
“Don’t make things worse.”
“I don’t care. I don’t trust her. What if she brings those

assholes with her?”
“What are they going to do to me in a library?” But she
knew Rachel wouldn’t bring Dylan or Matt. Sneaking off to
see her was an act of treason—fraternizing with the enemy.
She was surprised Rachel had agreed so easily.
“I’ve stopped imagining what they could do,” Ash snorted.
“They surpass my expectations every time.” ADVANCE READING COPY

“I have to try to make some kind of peace, Ash, or at least
explain my side of the story. There’s no way I can finish the
school year like this.”
He sighed. “Now I get why you never wanted to go before.
Just promise me you won’t put up with any crap.”
“I won’t.”
“You could definitely take her, if it comes to that.”
Greta smiled. “I could.” She texted Nate, asking if they
could leave twenty minutes early.

In the library, a few people milled around or sat at
tables, books spread out in front of them. Greta wandered,
running her fingers along the spines of paperbacks, scanning
the blurbs on the back without comprehending the words.

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