RIVER
Dusting myself off, I was still shaking from everything that had just happened. I took a deep breath, tried to straighten my spine, and walked back toward the school.
The chaos from earlier, caused by the fight, had died down by the time I returned, and the halls were quiet, but the moment I stepped into the cafeteria, I heard her voice again. Paige.
I didn’t even turn around. But a second later, I heard footsteps rushing behind me, fast and desperate. Then her hand grabbed my arm.
“Lexi, wait,” she said, and I barely had time to pivot before her words spilled out like sewage. “I already apologized. Why are you being such a diva? Come on, begging is not a good look on me.”
I snapped. “f**k off!” The words came out loud enough to halt a few heads mid-bite. But I was done with t
