An hour after I got home from Kai’s, I lay in my bed, freshly showered, with my face washed for the first time in what seemed like forever and my hair wrapped up. I pulled the blankets over my body and wished that Landon were here with me tonight, but he’d stayed with Kai.
My phone buzzed on the bedside table, but I ignored it for the first ring. I needed to sleep. I had to wake up for school in only a couple hours, and I couldn’t skip another day or another class. Kai had already pulled me out of Biology.
or As the phone continued to buzz, I glanced over at it to see João’s number. I clenched my jaw and snatched the phone from the table, squeezing it until my hand turned a shade lighter. Why did he have to call at the most inconvenient times? He probably wanted me to come over to be his
