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Breckin agrees and brings up a part of the plot We begin talking about the book and I can’t help but notice how quiet Sky is the whole ti at her but she’s zoned out, just like when she zoned out in her kitchen Saturday night After a while of her not talking or even taking a bite of her food, I beco

"You okay?" I ask, turning my attention toward her She doesn’t even blink I snap ers in front of her face "Sky," I say a little louder Her eyes finally jerk up to o?" I ask, concerned

She smiles, but looks embarrassed by the fact that she just zoned out I reach up and cup her cheek, running ly back and forth "You have to quit checking out like that It freaks s "Sorry I’m easily distracted" She s it a reassuring squeeze "Really, I’m fine"

I look down at her hand that’s now holdingfrom beneath her sleeve, so I immediately flip her hand over and twist her wrist back and forth

She’s wearing Les’s bracelet

Why the hell is she wearing Les’s bracelet?

"Where’d you get that?" I ask her, still looking at the bracelet that sure as hell shouldn’t be on her wrist right now

She looks down at her hand and shrugs like it’s not a big deal

She just shrugs?

She shrugs like she doesn’t give a shit that she just co this bracelet? It’s Les’s bracelet The last time I saw this bracelet it was on Les’s wrist

"Where’d you get it?" I de at me now like she’s terrified of the person in front of her I realize I’rip so I release it, just as she pulls away frouy?" she asks, confused

No, I don’t think it’s frouy Christ I don’t think that at all What I think is that she’s wearingto telllike it’s a coincidence, because that bracelet is handmade and there’s only one other bracelet like it in the whole da Les’s bracelet and I want to knohy the hell she’s wearing it!

Unless she’s Hope

The truth hits me head-on and I think I’m about to be sick No, no, no

"Holder," Breckin says, shifting forward "Ease up, man"

No, no, no This can’t be Hope’s bracelet How could she even still have it after all this tihI have from before Karen adopted me is some jewelry, and I have no idea who it ca this bracelet isn’t the jewelry she was referring to "Who gave you the daive me an answer She can’t answerat me like I just crushed her and hellI think I did

I know she doesn’t have a clue what’s going through in to tell her? How in the hell do I explain to her that she may not knohere the bracelet on her wrist came from, but I do? How do I tell her that bracelet came from Les? From the best friend she doesn’t even reot that bracelet just minutes before I walked away from her? Minutes before her entire life was ripped out from under her?

I can’t tell her I can’t tell her, because she honestly has no ot this da at her, I don’t even think she remembers Hope She doesn’t even reht she has no memory of her life before Karen

How can she not re stolen from her own home? From her best friend?

How can she not remember me?

I squeeze ainst ot to cal I want to do I grip the back of my neck in order to keep my hands busy so that I don’t punch the table

She’s Hope Sky is Hope and Hope is Sky and, "Shit!"

I don’ther out But this is as calet out of here I have to figure out how the hell to explain this to her

I stand up and rush toward the exit to the cafeteria before I do or say anything else As soon as I’ainst the nearest locker, and pullhands to my face

"Shit, shit, shit!"

Chapter Seventeen

Les,

I’m sorry I didn’t find her sooner I can’t help but wonder if it would have hteen

Les,

She still has your bracelet, though That has toto you

Chapter Nineteen

Les,

I don’t knohat to do It’s been over six hours now and I keep trying to figure out if I should go to her house and tell her everything or if I should give it ive it more time I need to process this

Chapter Twenty

Les,

What if I call Karen and explain everything to her? Sky seeure out what to do

Chapter Twenty-one

Les,

Shit What if Karen is the one who did it?