Chapter Seventeen
ROWAN
I had sent a quick email to my old friend Darryl, asking if he knew anything I didn’t about what might’ve happened with Mae. If there was anything to know, he might know it. Ever since Mae had said she needed to tell me something, something was niggling in my thoughts. I chalked it up to me being upset with Mae back then for cutting me out without explanation.
After she stopped talking to me, biology lab had been tense for the rest of that semester. After that, we didn’t have any classes together.
Opening my email, I was surprised to see his reply only a day later. “Call me. I think I know what you’re asking about.”
Scrolling through my contacts, I found his old number. “Hey, man,” he said as soon as he answered. “How the hell are you?”
“Pretty good. Life’s bu
