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I did the sa the silent declaration

Our interaction lasted barely a moment, but that was all either of us needed It was part of his ritual before being able to start the ga to continue it once he was at college, but I kneould figure so out

The gaht before halfti up and down the field whenever his offense was out there, tugging at his hair every tiet his team more than five or six yards

When Luca wasn’t on the field, I looked around at everyone else Dad and Uncle Jesse were down by the fence withat the stands every few azes a few tiuys with clipboards in their hands as they watched the game, and I realized theythat could tell me which schools they were from, but there was one in particular whoured he was from Alabama

“I just saw the Ba,” Aunt E it tonight, Lay”

Halftime was called, and the teams started back into the locker rooms I stood up as Luca turned to look for me and blew him a kiss He pulled off his hel his teammates

“Violet,” Mom’s voice hissed at my ear when I sat back down “If looks could kill, you would be on life support right now”

I turnedabout When I saw one of the cheerleaders giving roaned “That girl is trouble,” she muttered

I turned away from my hater “Who is she?”

“Megan Hawthorn,” she said with a grim twist of her lips “She has been borderline obsessed with Luca from the moment she transferred here at the end of last semester”

“What?” I turned irl She was taller than me by several inches, curvier too Her blond hair was a few shades darker than mine and pulled into a chic ponytail She obviously had so skills, or she had a professionalit for her Neither would have surprised o to Malibu Acadele student not froan was beautiful, I wouldn’t deny that, but her eyes were cold, and I started to feel so I’d never felt before

Jealousy

Luca had never given me a reason to be jealous Not once And I was so confident in his love for irls tried to catch his attention It tended to beelse, and I knew I had more than a few enemies in the world because Luca was mine

But right then, I felt sick with it

Why hadn’t he told me about her?