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“She loves me.”
She’s in love with me, I swear.”
Princess Autumn Fucking Davis.”
I love Sylvie,
“but not in love with her”
situation. I am in love with Sylvie, but I cannot be with her anymore, and that hurts.
Last night, when everything was different between Autumn and me.
If only I’d told her that I loved her years ago, I wouldn’t be here now. Because she loved me. She loved me this whole time.
“Every time you and Autumn went to Blockbuster this summer, I got at least two emails about it from people who saw you. You didn’t even try to hide it.”
“Until recently, we were only friends,”
But I have Dr. Giles for talking about my fear of disappointing authority figures.
Not after the lies you’ve told me.”
I lied to her years ago when I told her that I wasn’t in love with Autumn anymore, and I l...
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“But that doesn’t mean that you were faithful this summer,”
we argue about the definition of cheating.
From the phone call all those weeks ago when I told Sylvie, “I’m about to eat breakfast,” and didn’t disclose that it was with Autumn, I was betraying Sylvie.
“Autumn and I parked near the airport and watched planes take off while she ate so much candy her teeth have turned green.”
“I lied to you all summer. I’m sorry.”
“Were you
ever in love me?”
“Were you ever in love with me?” Sylvie
No more lies by omission.”
“I am in love with you, Sylvie.”
“I believe you,”
“I can’t ask you to apologize for loving her more than me.”
“I don’t love her more than you,”
“It’s not about more.”
“Our souls.”
“Whatever our souls are made of, hers and mine are the same.”
“Are you quoting Wuthering Heights to justify cheating on me?”
“I’m quoting Wuthering Heights to explain why I’m choosing
Autumn over you.”
“I just want to get away from you!”
This could be how I die.
Suddenly, everything is still.
I’m still...
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Get to Sylvie. Tell her to lie still. Make the call. Get Sylvie to the hospital. Go home to Autumn.
I fall to my knees in front of Sylvie, putting my hand to the ground.
It’s wet—
“Phineas Smith is dead.”
“Finn died last night, Jack.”
He died. He’s fucking dead.”
“Finn’s dead, Jack,”
Sylvie has a concussion, but Finn died.”
“Yeah. Finn’s gone.” Alexis is crying. She’s actually crying.
This can’t be real. This really can’t be real.
“How the fuck did Finn get electrocuted?”
Finn is dead.
This is death.
“Finn’s dead,” I say aloud.
