took t

e stood at the corner in the cold and waited, her backpack cutting into her shoulders, watching the Ford

rty minutes later. The main hall

ative office. The way the crowd had stopped mo

oor swung open an

n a way that took actual effort. Three girls walking past him collided with each other. One dropped her te

hadow of the stairwell,

te way he waited one extra beat before looking up-the way a c

rowd, he raised his printed schedu

nd walked up

Korey had

rcle of expensive sneakers and casual cruelty. The rich kids were laughing at something Jadyn had said, and then Korey called out and the

d through the crowd and threw a

ounced. Like it was already decided

ls cooed. Korey's fac

s chest-not warmth. Something cl

in thirty seconds and

said flatly, not

enormous, manufactured concern

dor, Karyn turned Korey ar

wrist back, his voice cracking. "He

and the sound of it-small, retreating, trusting all

keeping your f

the lockers at the end of the hall, hands in his pockets, watching her wi

ere and watched her brother rejec

long, steady moment. Then

herself run. Bu