Chapter 14

I was brave enough to sneak past the office after my second class. It was ridiculous. I was sandwiched inside a group of students, but I swear I felt the office lady watching me. I knew it couldn’t be true.

Joe came over as I was closing my locker to go to my fourth period. We had one more class before lunch, one more hour before goddamn freedom.

“How’s it going?”

And cue the other form of attention. I rested against my locker, looking down, but I could see...