Chapter 57: Not Speaking

The bus probably still picked up in the same place out front, Everly supposed. That was what she was expecting to have to catch in order to get home. After all, it was pretty clear that Jack wasn’t going to want to give her a ride, not after what she’d done. The way he’d looked at her when she’d come inside the school had made Everly want to rip her own heart out of her chest and stomp on it.

And to think, he’d just kissed her the day before.

Well, she was glad she’d enjoyed it while it lasted because that wasn’t going to happen again.

She was late for music class. She handed the teacher the nurse’s pass, and she accepted it with no question. Then, she took her seat and ignored Alyson’s heavy gaze. She was certain that Jack’s sister knew exactly where she had been, thanks to that mind-link thingy he had told her about.

She really didn’t want to talk to Alyson about it, but as soon as there was a br