LEXI
I just stood there after River walked out and slammed the door, clearly angry at my question. It was not until a beat later that I realized the gravity of what he had done; he slammed the door and if the guard overheard that, I was screwed.
I bolted for the door and slipped out, quietly closing it behind me before breaking into a jog.
I felt the shift the moment I stepped outside the school grounds and into Greenfields Park, the patch of grass and swings that separated my side of town from River's. My side was illuminated and trimmed. This side wasn't. The streetlights were patchy, and majority of them were either flickering or out completely.
Everything was older, rougher, and wronger.
"Nobody will touch you, Lexi. People are afraid of River." With the exception of his stepfath
