Chapter 4

This whole week, I'd been a nervous wreck, just trying not to step on any landmines.

I knew if things played out like they did last time, everything would repeat itself all over again.

It was almost time for Monica to confess to Leopold.

Sure enough, the day before she planned to tell him, just like last time, she asked me to meet her in the lane behind the school.

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I had nightmares all night long.

Their faces kept flashing through my dreams—Dad, Mom, Leopold, Monica's friends.

They all took turns saying I deserved it.

That I'd never get…