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Chapter One

Ash

He’s home

The sound of Dylan’s engine forcesas if it’s on fire After years of ignoring ht before leaving my house

Lake

Tomorrow

Midnight

I have been a giant ball of nerves, on edge and unable to think of anything other than Dylan He’s home fifteen minutes early, but that’s not much of a surprise

Dylan is a control-freak

He’s never late for anything

I sit on the bench in front of mythat faces Dylan’s bedrooht into his roo ere together

Dylan kills the engine of his father’s Caets out of the car I watch him stumble up the driveway, and when he looks up at my , I can’t breathe He raises his hand and waves

Shit

Now, I can’t pretend that I’ht I should have gone out witharound with my brother’s best friend

Not like he wants to date you, Ash

He probably needs irl like e, and so not his type Plus, he would never betray Sloan He’s been friends withas I can remember Most of my childhood memories of my brother include Dylan

I give Dylan a quick wave

He stares up at aze for a few seconds, and then tips his head to the side There’s a lake behind our houses My brother and his friends drank there when they were in high school But with the ground frozen from winter, ill have the lake all to ourselves

Dylan pockets his keys and walks toward the edge of his property Like an idiot, I sit here, thinking, panicking, trying to keepmy chest

Dylan wants me to follow him

He wants to talk to me alone