Chapter 7Late that night I lay in Adam’s bed and sent a text, hiding my tablet under the blanket.
Serene1: Hey, Malaki, are you awake?
RockURMohawk: Ack. Took you long enough.
Serene1: I’ll tell Dawn I have to leave Sunday at 4:00. Meet me at the theater.
I shut off my computer and listened for Dawn’s footsteps at the door, but fell asleep waiting.
That weekend was the first I’d spent with Dawn where none of the clique showed up to bother us. I wondered if Malaki had kept the others away on purpose. Whatever the reason, I was glad.
When I told Dawn I had to leave Sunday afternoon, I said the guard I bribed had promised me he’d only be able to let me out if I got there at a certain time.
“At least let me go with you to the gates,” she said, clasping my hand.
“You know you can’t go n
