CHAPTER TWENTY NINE

To stay true to my word, I avoided Luke like a plague the following day.

And the next.

And well, up until today's evening.

I ignored him when he tried to talk to me. I swear I visited the restroom more than a dozen times to ease my bladder because it always got so filled up every damn hour I sat near him in class, feeling my heart banging against my chest.

When I stood in front of my locker in the hallway after school dismissal today to grab some notes, I kept my head down when he walked past me. Reece seemed to have noticed my discomfort, because she stopped chatting about how happy she is to attend Camilla's party tonight.

It took everything in me not to lift my head up to look at Luke when he walked past me. Or to reach out my hand to him.

Now, I am home, back from school.

And alone.

Sarah is at the hospital now, but before she left the house, she sneaked her silver boots, her makeup bag, and a paper note into my room while I was in the shower, getting freshened for Camilla's party