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Chapters (58)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. CHAPTER ONE
  4. CHAPTER TWO
  5. CHAPTER THREE
  6. CHAPTER FOUR
  7. CHAPTER FIVE
  8. CHAPTER SIX
  9. CHAPTER SEVEN
  10. CHAPTER EIGHT
  11. CHAPTER NINE
  12. CHAPTER TEN
  13. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  14. CHAPTER TWELVE
  15. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  16. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  17. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  18. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  19. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  20. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  21. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  22. CHAPTER TWENTY
  23. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  32. CHAPTER THIRTY
  33. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  34. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  42. CHAPTER FORTY
  43. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  44. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  45. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  46. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  47. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
  49. CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
  50. CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
  51. CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
  52. CHAPTER FIFTY
  53. CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
  54. CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
  55. RESOURCES
  56. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  57. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  58. What’s next onyour reading list?

RIDLEY: I’m fucking everything up.

GRAYSON: It sounds like you’re doing the best you can with everything going on.

RIDLEY: I still think we should tell Vera.

GRAYSON: Is it just that you feel bad, or?

RIDLEY: I feel bad all the time, Gray, so no. It’s that it feels WRONG.

GRAYSON: I hate when you say shit like that. It makes me want to like wrap you up in bubble wrap and feed you soup.

RIDLEY: Wtf?

GRAYSON: I don’t know, it just does. But yeah, there’s no good answer here.

RIDLEY: But is there a right one?

GRAYSON: I just want you to be happy.

RIDLEY: Yeah about that . . .

GRAYSON: Okay, aside from all the drama with Dad and Verona, how are things with you and Peak?

RIDLEY: All her friends hate me, and her parents think I’m someone else. So good, I guess?

GRAYSON: Oh my god, Ridley.Why can’t your life be easy?

RIDLEY: . . . right?

GRAYSON: Well, winning over her friends should be easy enough. Just go be your charming self.

RIDLEY: So funny.

GRAYSON: I’m being serious. Go hang out with them. Show them you’re worth the trouble.

RIDLEY: I’m not though.

GRAYSON: Ridley, don’t make me come over there.

RIDLEY: That threat works better when we’re on the same side of the country.

GRAYSON: I can be wheels up in an hour. Do not test me.

RIDLEY: Fine, fine, I’ll hang out with them. If only to spare some poor flight attendant from having to deal with you.

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

Jubilee

I’M SITTING ON the bleachers, watching Jayla and Nikki wrap up soccer practice. They were running drills, but now they’re scrimmaging and somehow they ended up on opposite teams, which means I don’t even know who to cheer for. Yay, sports! It’s their first outdoor practice, and it’s unusually warm for April. The sunshine feels nice, relaxing even—or it would be if I wasn’t sharing a bleacher with electricity personified.

Ridley sits beside me stiffly, the opposite of relaxed. He’s chewing on his lip and bouncing his knee, which he’s taken to doing whenever we leave the safety of our rooms or the store. I was shocked when he agreed to join me cheering on the girls today.

I slide our fingers together, wishing I could send him some serenity by osmosis or whatever, and he lets out a shaky breath. “Are you sure it’s okay that I’m here?”