Chapter 29Held HostageTommySilence didn’t show up at the bus and Annie sat by me again. She looked like she might cry when we talked about Finn, but instead, she got quiet. For some reason, sulking together had a sedating effect on me. I let out a deep, vast, stretching yawn and before long, I fell asleep on Annie’s shoulder.
Once at school, Edgar came up to me, leaning against the lockers. The gritty, baritone coming out of his small frame always took me by surprise. “You know, Japan’s working on sexbots. It’s all they’re doing.” He nodded his head. “Yeah. They’re going to look like Victoria’s Secret models, but will probably be super expensive, though.”
I just frowned, not knowing how to reply.
Hailee walked up, and Edgar’s eyes became huge, his face instantly reddened and blotched. H
