Chapter 26
I watch Tally as she walks toward me through the crowded halls. I hadn’t wanted her to go off by herself, but she insisted. She instructed me to wait for her at her locker. Two minutes. She just had to run something to Natalie and she would be right back. No big deal. And it wasn’t. But I still do not trust these vultures not to hurt her. They may have backed off for now, but they are circling, waiting for the moment when she is unprotected. I know I can’t shelter her from everything, but I will do my damndest to shelter her from what I can.
Her eyes meet mine and stay transfixed on me. She doesn’t look left or right because she has no one to talk to, no one to wave at or exchange pleasantries with, and for that, I am sorry. I feel my lips turn up into a smile without even thi
