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I’ll never see her again, he thought and wanted to die

IT WAS THE LAST DAY of summer school and Savannah watched froirlfriend, The Cheerleader, got cozy under Garrett’s arm

Garrett had a black eye that was fading to yellow and Owen had made friends with some new hoodlums on the other side of the co Savannah over their screens

“I heard he killed a guy,” one of them whispered “It was an accident, but still”

“He’s like so to be a gardener”

“Shut up” Garrett sneered “Like Ms O’Neill’s got a boyfriend Give me a break”

Shut up indeed, she thought, trying hard to block out the whispers as well as any thought of Matt It was like a small electric shock every tih, or the look in those green eyes when he said he wouldn’t be back, to flicker through her head

She was tired, so tired of resisting the pain

Particularly when it all hurt anyway

“Don’t you listen to what they say,” Janice whispered, bringing a pile of books fro “They’re a bunch of foul-mouthed jerks”

“It’s true,” Savannah said in a clear speaking voice that sounded like un fire in the hushed atmosphere of the library

Janice dropped the books

“All of it” Savannah kept talking, driven by so in Her eyes le thing you’ve ever whispered about me, totally true”

“Savannah” Janice tugged on her arm “Maybe lower your voice”

“No!” Savannah said and the echo was so nice So loud and hard and cold

“You’re having sohed, the sound rolling and rolling and rolling through the library, filling the corners with its hysteria

“Probably,” she said “I am an O’Neill, after all I slept with a married arandrandmother?”