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I climb to my feet, smooth my uniform, and nod. For the first time in six months, my mom smiles at me. Her eyes are alight with happiness that I created, and she wraps me in what’s possibly the tightest hug of my life.
This is so sad
out here on decision day.” I blink at him. That’s it? No smile? No hug? No…nothing? “Right, of course. Sorry to ruin the surprise.” “It’s not a surprise. You worked hard for Yale. This is what happens when you focus on a goal and don’t get wrapped up in drama or scandal. Keep it up. Yale isn’t the end of the race, it’s simply another stop along the way.”
Also sad
“Dude, your dad is a dick,” Jena mumbles, pulling me toward the Subaru. I unlock the car. “He’s not a dick. He’s driven.” “Yeah, a driven bag of dicks.”
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The Bronco swerves one more time, then slams into the back of the police cruiser without so much as tapping its brakes.
So much plot armor. Killer must have a back made of steel.
His knee keeps bouncing until he looks over at me. He grimaces. “It’s going to sound bad, but I don’t mean it to. I thought you’d be more self-involved. All night you’ve been worried about other people: who’s having fun at the party, protecting your friends from Claire’s drama, sticking up for Jena, wishing the best for her and Felix, having compassion for Claire even after she hit you. I never thought you were a bad person, but you always seemed so focused on your goals—and they’re lofty ones. It’s impressive to see you carrying all this thought for other people on top of what has to be a
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Again with the terrible personality
Her clawed hands loosen and drop away from my thighs, my dress. The lake goes eerily silent. I kick her further down and float at the surface for a second, letting the weightlessness of this moment sink into my very bones. I’m finally free.
Wow. Im sick.
“All I had to do was hold her under a few minutes. She was basically dead already. I just finished the job. If anything it was a mercy killing.” Jena sucks in a sharp breath. “You didn’t.” “What do you mean? Isn’t this what the whole night has been about? Getting me to admit what I did to Claire? Now you want to act like you’re shocked?”
So, when I asked him to help me get rid of Claire, he planted a little evidence, and voilà. Mr. Heck got fired, Claire left school, she dumped Dylan, and everything was right in the world.”
Her dad lost his career—he was disbarred. Claire was top of our class, and you took all that away from her so that you could have Dylan?”
“Pull it together, Brooke,” he says after a beat of silence. “You’re a Goodwin. You don’t get to fall apart. We will not let anyone stand in our way, not even a friend. Now are you or are you not prepared to do what’s best for this family?”
At thisbpoint it makes sense
