Chapter 4Wildwood, New Jersey is situated on a barrier island just off the south Jersey shore. For people spending the summer in Stone Harbor, Wildwood is the nightlife spot. It has a boardwalk, a haunted house, video arcades, and miles of T-shirt shops. Liam and Melissa hold hands, walking down the boardwalk about three feet in front of me. It has been a week since we saw her at the party, and I didn’t even know Liam had gotten her number. Since it’s Friday, Liam asked if I wanted to go to Wildwood, and I said, “Whatever you want to do.” Then he told me that we were also going to meet Melissa. Neither has said more than a few words to me since we met Melissa at the rollercoaster that juts high into the air over the beach. With no plans, we decide to walk the boardwalk and take in the sigh
