Chapter 54
Chapter 54 SIRI When we pulled into the school parking lot, the silence between us pressed in from every side. I reached for the handle. “Siri—” Keisha started. I paused, but didn’t look at her. She hesitated. Whatever she’d been about to say dissolved in the space between us. I couldn’t do this. Not here. Not with the image of that rose still burned into my brain. I stepped out of the car and shut the door harder than I meant to. The sound cracked through the air. Guilt followed immediately. I turned around, ready to say something to soften the way we’d left it, but her car was already pulling away. I stood there a second too long before forcing myself toward the building. The day dragged on. Teachers talked. Pens scratched across paper. Lockers slammed. None of it felt real. It was lik
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