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  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Video #1
  6. One
  7. Two
  8. Three
  9. Four
  10. Five
  11. Six
  12. Seven
  13. Eight
  14. Nine
  15. Ten
  16. Eleven
  17. Twelve
  18. Thirteen
  19. Fourteen
  20. Fifteen
  21. Sixteen
  22. Seventeen
  23. Eighteen
  24. Nineteen
  25. Twenty
  26. Twenty-One
  27. Twenty-Two
  28. Twenty-Three
  29. Twenty-Four
  30. Twenty-Five
  31. Twenty-Six
  32. Video #2
  33. Twenty-Seven
  34. Twenty-Eight
  35. Twenty-Nine
  36. Thirty
  37. Thirty-One
  38. Thirty-Two
  39. Thirty-Three
  40. Thirty-Four
  41. Thirty-Five
  42. Thirty-Six
  43. Thirty-Seven
  44. Thirty-Eight
  45. Thirty-Nine
  46. Forty
  47. Forty-One
  48. Forty-Two
  49. Forty-Three
  50. Forty-Four
  51. Forty-Five
  52. Forty-Six
  53. Forty-Seven
  54. Forty-Eight
  55. Forty-Nine
  56. Fifty
  57. Fifty-One
  58. Fifty-Two
  59. Fifty-Three
  60. Fifty-Four
  61. Fifty-Five
  62. Fifty-Six
  63. Fifty-Seven
  64. Fifty-Eight
  65. Fifty-Nine
  66. Sixty
  67. Sixty-One
  68. Sixty-Two
  69. Sixty-Three
  70. Sixty-Four
  71. Sixty-Five
  72. Video #3
  73. Sixty-Six
  74. Sixty-Seven
  75. Sixty-Eight
  76. Sixty-Nine
  77. Seventy
  78. Seventy-One
  79. Seventy-Two
  80. Seventy-Three
  81. Seventy-Four
  82. Seventy-Five
  83. Seventy-Six
  84. Seventy-Seven
  85. Seventy-Eight
  86. Seventy-Nine
  87. Eighty
  88. Eighty-One
  89. Eighty-Two
  90. Eighty-Three
  91. The Final Video
  92. Acknowledgments
  93. About the Author
  95. Back Cover

He wanted her back. After Chloe and I had sex the first time, she pulled back. She didn’t want to do it again. She pulled back in every way and told Natasha it felt weird.

The sex felt weird?

Or sex with me felt weird?

Does that mean she had sex with someone else? Did she have sex with Basher after me?

Did she cheat on me—with Basher—and become pregnant? Is that what she wanted to tell me at homecoming?

Is that why we were both so unhappy that night?

Is that why Basher was there when we left the dance? Was he waiting for us? For her?

Is that who ran us off the road?

And then he killed Daniel because Daniel caught it all on film.

Only one way to find out.

Sixty-Three

Olivia is in the kitchen eating a giant bowl of vanilla ice cream smothered in chocolate syrup. She sees the journal in my hand and drops her spoon onto the table.

“Hunter, what are you doing?”

“I’ve got to go somewhere.”

She jumps up and puts her tiny body between me and the back door. “Did you find something? Something we need to talk about?”

“I think I know what’s going on,” I say. “But I just want to make sure.”

“Then I’m coming with you,” she says.

“No. Don’t. I’m fine.”

“I’m not letting you do this alone. Whatever it is. You look…not right.”

“I have to do this alone, Livvy.” I look down at her bare feet. “And you don’t even have shoes on. And I have to go. Now. Just tell Dad I’ll be right back.”

She tries to put her hands on me, but I easily brush past her.

“Hunter…”

Basher’s house isn’t far. Back in January, right before Chloe and I started dating, he had a party when his parents went on a cruise. It was one of those epic parties that starts with a small group of people, but then everybody texts their friends, and pretty soon the whole school is there. I went with Chad and Hector. We couldn’t get close to the beer, but we hung out in the basement, shooting pool. Basher’s parents had a whole shrine devoted to his lousy football career. You’d have thought he’d won the Heisman Trophy instead of mostly being a backup quarterback on a mediocre high school team.

On the drive to Basher’s, I make a call.

It takes a few rings, but Detective Haley eventually answers, his voice clipped and efficient.

I say, “I need you to meet me at Mike Basher’s house right now. I have to show you something that could be the most important thing in the whole case.”

“You want me to go to Mike Basher’s house?” Haley asks. “Right now?”

“Yes, I do. You’ll see when—”