Chapter 9: A Reasonable Explanation
Lori
I pulled out of the athletic building lot with both hands locked on the wheel, and my fingertips still held the heat off his chest, two spots that hadn't cooled.
It was an accident. That's all it was. I ran the list in my head the way I'd run a patient's chart. Returned the guard. Skate g...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: The Delivery That Led to My Boyfriend's Party
2. Chapter 2: He Chose Not to Know Me
3. Chapter 3: The Man at the Top of the School's Food Chain Is Picking Up Money for Me?
4. Chapter 4: The Exception
5. Chapter 5: The Exception
6. Chapter 6: The Exception
7. Chapter 7: The Storage Room
8. Chapter 8: Cold Water and a Branded Print
9. Chapter 9: A Reasonable Explanation
10. Chapter 10: The Sound That Ruins Everything
11. Chapter 11: The Fire Exit
12. Chapter 12: Mind Your Own Business
13. Chapter 13: The Only Thing I Can Still Reach
14. Chapter 14: The Line
15. Chapter 15: The Assignment
16. Chapter 16: What She Can't Steal
17. Chapter 17: What They Can't Take
18. Chapter 18: The Break
19. Chapter 19: What You Owe Her
20. Chapter 20: The Offer
21. Chapter 21: The East Conference Room
22. Chapter 22: The Terms
23. Chapter 23: Price Tag
24. Chapter 24: Only Biology
25. Chapter 25: The Space Between Us
26. Chapter 26: The Distance He Keeps
27. Chapter 27: Clean Money
28. Chapter 28: The Last Shift
29. Chapter 29: Process and Proof
30. Chapter 30: Narrative Over Facts
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