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“It’s not screwed up It’s just real It’s how you feel”

“I have to go, Trevor,” she whispered

“I know”

“Call et home tomorrow?”

I nodded “First list on ”

She bent over and pressed one last kiss on ainst me

And then she was gone

It took all of two seconds before ht about how her eyes got all shiny and how she’d snized Because it was the same way my mom smiled at me when she didn’t knohat else to do or say

The thing is the part of ed in the accident, and right now, I needed so I could feel this wall of e from the top of my head all the way down my body I clenched my hands into fists and sla to be bad And then I pretty much lost it

Chapter Twenty-four

Everly

We drove ho was fine, as if ere strangers sharing a ride home As if the last twelve hours hadn’t happened As if the last year hadn’t happened

I should be so lucky, I thought

For er that had been buried insideas fast as the weeds in Mr Harrison’s backyard It got so big that my hands shook because I couldn’t keep it contained

But I wasn’t ready Not yet So I grittedhi would ever be the saain