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It’s not Grayson

Breckin is facing me and he doesn’t look very pleased about it

"Hey," I say

"I need to talk to you," he says I knoants to talk about Sky and I really don’t want to talk about Sky Not to Breckin, not to Daniel, not even to Sky No one understands anything about anything and frankly, it’s nobody’s business

"Sorry, Breckin I’m not really in the mood to talk about her"

Breckin takes a quick step forward and I take a quick step back because I wasn’t expecting hiainst the locker and Daniel is laughing Probably because Breckin is a good fifty pounds lighter than I a why the hell I haven’t laid Breckin on his ass yet But that doesn’t stop Breckin froainst ive a shit what kind of mood you’re in, because I’m in a pretty shittyto pick up all the shattered pieces of Sky this week I don’t knohat the hell happened in the cafeteria Monday, but it was enough to show oddamn bit and I have no idea what Sky sees in youbecause what you did to her? How you led her on for days and then just walked away like she was a waste of your ti He drops his eyes down to hs He inhales a cal breath and slowly looks back up at me "I feel sorry for you, because people like her don’t co more than once She deserves someone who realizes that Someone who appreciates her So at me disappointedly "Someone ould never crush her hope and then just walk away"

Breckin backs up a step when he’s finished and Daniel gives me the look The look that indicates he’s ready to start one of his fights Before I even have the chance to tell Daniel to refrain, he begins to lunge forward toward Breckin I quickly step in between the it pressed against his chest "Don’t," I say, holding Daniel back

"Let him hit me," Breckin says loudly from behind me "Or better yet, why don’t you just do it, Holder? You proved to Sky on Monday what a badass you are Have at it!"

I release Daniel and turn around to face Breckin The last thing I want to do is hit hi he just said to me was the absolute truth? He’s pissed at me because of how I treated Sky He’s pissed and he’s protecting her and I have no idea how to tell him how much it means to me to know she has hirabht now I face Breckin again and he’s eyeing in to walk away, but pause when I’lad she has you, Breckin"

He doesn’t respond I pull my backpack onto my shoulder and walk away

Chapter Twenty-nine-and-a-half

Les,

I haven’t spoken to her in teeks I’ine the thought of not being able to see her every day But I just watch her from a distance I hate that she see that my actions in the cafeteria last Monday would have left her pissed off, if even a little bit But when I decided it was better not to allow er would help her get over ry She just seems heartbroken and that crushes me

Iher the truth about who she is I’ll share it with you so you’ll understand my decision better, because I know it doesn’tSky the truth:

Her family deserves to knohat happened to her and that she’s okay

She deserves to knohat happened

Cons to telling Sky the truth:

The truth would ruin the life she has now

She never seemed happy toher back into a life she doesn’t even re to do

If she found out I knew all along who she was, she would never forgiveit from her

I know she thinks her birthday is next week, but she still has hteen If she finds out right now, the decision about what happens to her will be made for her by her father and the state When she finds out the truth, I want her to be old enough to make her own decisions about what happens to her life

As much as I don’t want to believe Karen did this, what if she did? If the truth came out, Karen would be punished And that probably should be listed in pros, but I just don’t think her going to prison would in any way be a pro for Sky

So you can see the cons hich is why I’ve decided not to tell her the truth Not yet, anyway After I decided I wasn’t going to tell her what happened to her as a child, I also thought about whether it was a good idea to at least try and apologize for what happened at lunch that day I thought that soh school and in the ain , but there are sowith Sky

I fucking hter, her smile, her scowl, her cookies, her brownies, her kiss (Even though I never really had that one I know I’d miss it if I did)