By Monday morning, Harper had learned there was a particular kind of humiliation reserved for people who thought they had finally escaped a bad relationship. You could change your relationship status, stop answering calls, refuse to look at someone in the hallway, and still somehow end up surrounded by reminders that they weren’t done with you.
Noah had apparently decided Harper’s refusal to take him back was a temporary inconvenience rather than a final answer, because before first period even started, three different people had already asked her if she was “really serious” about Luca. The fourth didn’t bother asking at all. She walked past Harper’s locker with her phone raised, showed the screen to her friend, and both girls glanced at Harper before bursting into laughter.
Harper shut
