Chapter 5I don’t know how but I make it back to the car. Something’s not right. Instead of eyes straight ahead, Lion keeps glancing to the side. “You’re torn up bad, today, Lenni. You must feel.”
On twenty tablets a day, I wouldn’t have noticed anything. The car engine’s too loud. The sunshine is overly bright. The sizzling has got into my world and cracked apart the façade of safety. I’m torn apart with disappointment.
Lion sighs. “Lenni?”
I think about his question. “Feel what?”
Lion frowns. “Ugh—terrible? You must feel terrible. Bites like that got to hurt, right?”
Disappointment hits me again. Compared to the shock of not seeing my guy, the bites are irrelevant. “I suppose.”
“Maybe it’s time you took a rest from Bite Club? Last week you sobbed like a baby and today you’ve been bi
