Celeste My birthday had been three days ago. Eighteen. I was officially an adult. It was a strange thought. According to the law, I was old enough to make my own decisions, yet everything that had happened over the past few weeks had made one thing painfully obvious. Being an adult didn’t mean I was safe on my own. Ironically, I was alone right now. For the first time in what felt like forever, I had the house to myself. Josh and Jamie had gotten up before everyone else and gone for a run. I’d known they were leaving because I’d slept in Jamie’s room again the night before, and he’d told me they were planning a race. Apparently, Josh had been pestering Jamie for days. The two of them were ridiculously competitive. I couldn’t help smiling when I thought about it. They could turn

