Chapter Seventeen
DelphineI’m wearing A-Go-Go by KVD when I sit down in my room and stare at myself in the mirror. My cheeks are flushed, my eyes are bright. I look like I’ve just stepped off a sailboat or climbed out of a speedy little convertible.
I look like a girl exhilarated.
You’re still mine.
I get up again and pace. I press my hands to my cheeks. My heart is like a church bell inside my ribs, tolling great big tolls with each and every beat. I want it to be true; I feel like it’s true. I have to still be hers—of course I’m still hers. The necklace. The toy. The fact that she’s here while I’m here, even if she does avoid me most of the time.
But I can’t mistake this for love. Or even for forgiveness. I threw all those things away when I kissed Emily Genovese.
I star
