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Brianna spent two days in New York with Rollo while they got Sidney settled back in with her family. The girl finally spilled the whole story of what had happened at Bridewell. For months she'd had a hopeless crush on another girl, Bella. But then she'd come back from a late-night study session and found Bella kissing her roommate. Furious, she'd set the curtains on fire and run away.
But then in Jupiter Point she'd started to like Eduardo, the Filipino kid from Thanksgiving, and now she didn't know what to think. Was it just a silly crush? Did she really like girls? Was it just a phase? A temporary rebellion?
"I would have told you earlier," she told Brianna, sitting cross-legged on her bed late at night. "I was so afraid of what Mother would say."
"Hey, it's okay. You didn't know
