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He gavethat sentence, then he put his head down and kissed me

I had tiue and my littleback, s my hand back as much as I could in the space I had and slapped him

“Oh I love when you do that,” he said

“Try that again and I’ll do it again,” I told hi down my cheek to the side of my neck, that I’d basically invited him

And he was right, of course: I was the furthest thing frouys before, when I was too young to think better of it, and none of the Never ht actually catch on fire

I couldn’t get my head around the sain I could only stare at hi now

“Just an invitation,” Steven said “The next move is up to you You’re a proper little stalker, so I trust you’ll be able to track me down if you need to”

And then he turned and walked away, leaving round next to my lunch, my blood an inferno infeeling like they were never going to be warain

If he’d stayed, I could have screamed at him Hit hioing to do next

I knew it couldn’t be nothing But I had no idea what else it could be

Chapter Seven: Tamara

I didn’t see Steven for the rest of the school day, thankfully… not that I saw anything else either for as long as I was still in school Classes passed around me, Aileen spoke to me, and I think I responded at all the ti in

I felt like a stranger in o back and continue being the Tamara I’d been before, because now that I knew a man’s touch could feel like that, I didn’t fit the way I used to

Now I understood it all I knew exactly why soo for a man who could hurt her, who she kneould hurt her before she coht select someone nice and safe like Mike in the aftermath, to protect herself, but never really be able to be happy with that Because here I was, fighting the same battle in myself

I’d never been precious aboutlike that My h to understand the concepts Don’t stay with a inity, because chances are you’ll make a bad choice about that