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I decide to do it the way I did last night: keep hidden, watch, don’t let anyone know I’m here.
I start back in my bedroom. Halli is asleep. It’s around three in the morning on Tuesday here right now. I don’t know if Halli ended up going back to school yesterday, or giving up and staying home.
I don’t want to waste time finding out.
I reach down for the thread of this life, pick it up, and start pulling myself along.
Stop after just a few pulls.
Halli riding in a car with Daniel. No, not Daniel—this is the other one, Colin. Halli has the window down and the wind is whipping up my hair. Her eyes are closed, she’s relaxed, she looks happy. Colin glances over at her and looks pretty happy himself.
That’s nice for them. But too bad—I don’t want them to have it. Because if they’re on
