SUMMER I came in through the front door at 6:04 PM and was upstairs before anyone could ask where I'd been. Today was honestly, one of the best days I’d had since I came to Hearthstone, even though it didn’t start out that way. After seeing the video of Logan and Maddox at school, I thought I was gonna have another one of those terrible days where I’d be hiding in the corner, avoiding people’s gazes and laying low at all costs. But it ended up being a total 180. I closed my bedroom door behind me, dropped my bag on the floor, and stood in the middle of my room for a moment, just breathing. Then my phone, which had been silent in the bottom of my bag all afternoon, started to make sounds. A lot of sounds. It vibrated three times in quick succession against the carpet. Then chimed. The

