All the Little Raindrops

by Mia Sheridan

Evan couldn’t talk about, even to him. Of all the sufferings, his complicated feelings for Noelle were almost the worst. And the one that hadn’t ended when they’d gotten free. In some ways, it’d only become more painful.

“What if . . . what if that was the website viewers used to watch us? To . . . send gifts . . . to rent us and whatever else was available as part of a sick game we were unknowingly playing?”

As some reconciliation to your father, however, they did allow him a request: to match Evan with the contestant of his choice. Fontane chose Noelle.”