“Let me in, Piper. I needed that girl. I still need her. I’m not leaving here without her.” Piper doesn’t say anything, so I clear my throat and begin to sing another fire song even louder. “ ‘This girl is on fi—’ ” The door swings open. “You win! Just shut up!” On the floor, Piper leans back with a huff. “You’re the worst,” she says without looking at me. I sit next to her and shove her softly. “You love me.” Piper rests her head on the wall. A tear streaks from the corner of her eye, down her face, dissolving into the scars on her neck. “I didn’t want to die, you know,” she says. “Not
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