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It was raining Of course it was raining My whole world was about to freaking explode, and ouldn’t want the sun shining down on that, noould we? Nope Just dooloom

I wiped at ray mist, but it was no use Where was he?

By the time I reached the opposite side of the street, the crowd had thinned a bit, and I turned in a full circle, eyes darting everywhere, but again I ca How can someone vanish like that? He was nowhere And maybe he’d never been Maybe I was crazy Maybe I was like the crazy lady who sat at the park sohosts that only she could see

Maybe I hadn’t seen hi toward another person Maybe I hadn’t seen his arm around that someone else Maybe Maybe Maybe

“Hey, Everly Hold up”

Trevor strode toward h the crowd, his eyes heavy with concern I saw it there, and it madeand not the way I’d thought our night would be Why had we come here?

“Everly, what’s wrong?”

I shrugged, a s, but I knew that if I tried to talk, I’d start to cry Eed that I kneould be a big ugly cry too, the kind that you don’t want the guy you’re hung up on to see

Trevor’s ar I knew, ainst his shoulder

His T-shirt was damp froh the fabric It felt so good to just be there, in his ar we stood there, the two of us entangled in each other’s arms, but I do know that when I finally pulled away, my face et and it wasn’t from his clothes

“Can we just walk?” I ed to say

His hand engulfed mine, and we followed the croard the Mississippi where there were supposed to be fireworks Fireworks that I’d been looking forward to Fireworks I no longer cared about

Where was he?

I cranedI suppose I should have askedto do if I actually ran into hi I was just doing I was reacting

“Everly”