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“I know,” I replied, dropping my head to rest on his shoulder

He held, slow strokes

“You better get your shoes on if you don’t wanna be late,” he finally said, patting me on the ass

As we hustled to get out the door, I wondered if randson had been in love with Kara He’d always been so hard to read Had I really never noticed it? Was he still in love with her?Chapter 8KaraPast

As we strode toward the baseball diamond, I scanned the familiar faces for Curtis A lot of the team was already there, but the coach hadn’t showed up yet, which made my stomach churn with anxiety

“Most of us have gy at ave hiht I cared about why the guys were there so soon, or if he was just trying to distracthe and Charlie had my back bolstered me a little

“There he is,” Charlie said under her breath

I snappedAs I followed her gaze, I realized she wasn’t talking about Curtis She was staring at Travis

I tasted bile in the back of my throat He looked normal He looked like the kid that I passed all the tiher than he was and thought he had ame than he actually did He was immature and sometimes mean, but he wasn’t a monster

The e number of kids that had seen photos of hed atme what happened

My steps slowed, but Charlie’s and Draco’s didn’t They moved forith purpose

Where was Curtis? I scanned the teaain

“He’s not here,” I said, hurrying to catch up to theo He’s not here”

“No,” Draco said, not even bothering to look at me

“Thather words come out breathy

As I looked over her shoulder at the guy ere , showing so at Even after the photos had spread like wildfire at school, he’d still found the one person who hadn’t seen them and needed to make sure he did

We reached therass and disappear as Travis glanced up and sneered