Chapter 26
Monday morning I woke up with a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. I didn’t want to go to school. I didn’t want to go to ski club. I didn’t want to face Joey.
But I was Addi James and I always did what I knew others needed me to do. So I dragged my a*s out of bed and went to work.
Kendall was back at school for the first time, so the whole school was a flurry of excitement and activity. She stopped in to see me before first period.
“Miss James, can we talk?”
Dread filled me. I didn’t want another talk with her. Another talk that would send her running out of my room and straight to Braden. That could lead to her getting hurt.
“Of course, Kendall,” I said, ignoring the fear inside.
“Um, so I’m really sorry about the way I acted last Monday. It wasn’t very smart of me,
