As the weeks passed by, the full breadth of autumn arrived, bringing brilliant oranges, reds, and yellows to all the giant oak trees around campus. Fall was Amalia"s favorite season, full of cinnamon and pumpkin spice smells, crisp cool breezes, and fun Halloween parties. She and Carter dressed up as Bonnie and Clyde, an ode to Carter"s love of old-fashioned criminals and interest in all the great bank robberies.
Amalia had grown close with him throughout the first semester on campus, but after the incident in Brant, she wouldn"t let him touch her very often. She worried about her father walking in on them or her mother threatening that she"d turn into a pregnant w***e on the streets. Amalia eventually let Carter get further each time they were alone, which wasn"t often between him living
