Chapter 15*
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Angelina’s POV
We finished eating and walked around the mall for a few hours. Leo wanted to check out the game store let him drag me through every aisle While he geeked out about the new Call of Duty.
You should play with me,” he said. “We could team up. I bet you’d be good at it.”
Maybe
Come on, it’ll be fun. You can shoot people without actually hurting anyone.”
I almost laughed at that.
If only you knew.
By the time we got home, the sun was setting. The house looked different Quieter.
1 pushed open the front door.
“We’re back!”
Mom appeared from the kitchen, drying her hands on a towel.
“There you are! I was starting to worry.” She looked us over. “Did you have fun?”
“Yeah, Leo said. “We went to the mall after lunch. Aria got her hair done.
Mom’s eyes went to my face. Took in the new cut.
“Oh, honey. Her voice softened. “You look beautiful.”
“Thanks.
She pulled me into a hug. Held on a little too long.
I’m glad you had a good day, she whispered.
When she let go, I could see the strain around her eyes. The worry she was trying to hide.
She’s been dealing with the aftermath. Figuring out what to do about Jaydin.
“Where’s Dad?” I asked.
Working late. Ethan too. She wiped her hands again, even though they were already dry. “But dinner’s almost ready. Why don’t you two go wash up?”
Leo headed for the bathroom. I started up the stairs.
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1–floped forward
April 5th – Clean
Kas asked me to help clean up the locker room after practice, I wanted to say yes SO BAD but I got detention with Ms. Wilson for falling asleep
in class. Emma saw him later and said be looked annoyed. Oh God what he never asks me again?? I’m such an idiot.
More pages. More entries
All of them the same desperate, hopeful tune
Then I found it.
September 11th
Emmasted to bottow mones again today, $50 this time. That’s the fifth time this month and she hasn’t paid me back at all I dont want to fend it to her but I also don’t know how to ask for my money back with seeming like a bitch What do I do??
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1 kept reading.
Mist of the entries were boring. Normal teenage stuff Complaints about Homework. Excitement dat TV shows. The kind of mundane worries. that filled in fifteen year old’s life.
This is what the should ve been thinking about, I thought. Not whether me asshole would notice her. Not whether her friend was using hei
Then I reached the last page.
September 15th
I want to die I don’t know what to do. Kai posted my letter on Instagram He tagged like half the school. It’s everywhere now- Instagram stories, Snapchat. TikTak. People are making memes. Everyone’s laughing I can’t go back to school. I can’t face them. Please someone help me please
The handwriting got messier toward the end. Like she’d been crying whil she wrote it.
Three days later, Bella had shoved her into that desk.
And Aria had died.
I closed the diary. Set it down carefully.
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