Blake and Yana, after that, did seem more relaxed around each other. Violet caught Blake reading up on post-traumatic stress disorder, and sometimes Yana awkwardly tried to get about Blake from Violet.
"You know you can talk to me about anything," Violet said to Yana, but she just shrugged.
"I am okay," Yana said, but this time it seemed more believable, and Violet wondered if she had found someone else to talk to. They put the Witchcraft Club on hold for a while, and Violet practiced magic alone, with nobody around to get hurt. She was improving.
But the situation with Carl was not getting any better. The closer it got to the double date, the worse Violet felt. Carl and Violet had not spoken again since that day. Sometimes he ate with Mark, sometimes with the VIP Gold. Violet started a
