staring at Leo through the dim, ambien

r squeaked loudly in the quiet room. He was entirely unable t

at next to him. "The song was getting boring anyway

maybe we should just watch a horror movie instead?" he sug

way from Summer, crossing his arms again and star

e of truffle popcorn, popping it into her mouth and p

, shifting blue shadows across the faces of the tee

. She casually analyzed the plot of the novel she was

atured a major, devastating scandal inv

pecific, horrifying detail from the book abruptly surfac

ssmate had drugged Leo at a home party. The incident led t

parable rift between Leo and Julian, nearly destr

ots in real-time: the classmate was a blonde girl, and th

eyes locked onto Brooke Adler's silhouett

eyes were constantly darting toward Leo's cup holde

ized the plot point wasn't just ancient history

oke announced loudly over the movie dialogue that she

ers. She carefully reached over and picked up Leo's spe

rvous tremor in Brooke's fing

pushed open the heavy theater doors and

She immediately stood up from her recliner

eeding the restroom, slipping out of the theate

udden bright light made her blink r

gant wet bar in the adjacent living room.

bare feet made absolutely no soun

arble pillar. She peered cautiously aro

ents were jerky and rushed. She constantly glanced n

as she watched Brooke reach into the smal

ket. Her fingers trembled violently as she ho

s seconds away. She had to intervene immediately wi