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Chapter Twenty-Two
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2024-10-29 19:42:56"Hey," I say softly as I sit on the edge of Finn's bed.
He has his face buried into his pillow, his arms tucked underneath. He lets out a grunt in response. I gently touch his arm, trying to be some sort of comfort to him.
"How are you?"
He rolls onto his back and stares up at the ceiling, looking drained. "Just great."
"Looks that way."
"I had a talk with mum this morning," he mumbles tiredly, rubbing his eyes.
"I heard," I whisper.
He raises a dark eyebrow at me. "Eavesdropper."
"I know. Anger Management, huh?"
"Bullshit, isn't it?" he growls, looking annoyed.
"Well..." I shrug one-shouldered. "You do get in a lot of fights."
"So do a lot of people."
"Not as much as you," I say gently. "It's getting bad, Finn."
He exhales deeply through his nose. "Damn it."
I move so that I am lying beside him. Our shoulders graze as I stare up at the ceiling.
"Who were you with t
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"I thought you had plans tonight?"Me too, I think sourly as I stomp past mum."Plans changed." The bitterness is embedded in my voice as I reach for the juice and drink straight from the carton."You do realise we all drink that?" Mum asks me, quirking her eyebrow."Yes," I reply sharply, before marching out of the kitchen, feeling like a moody brat.While I mount the stairs, I ring Miles again, only for it to go straight to his voicemail.I'm beginning to feel sick.I don't know what I want more - to scream, to cry, or to have a drink. Possibly all three.A part of me wants to rush over to the party, to see if he's there. To see if history isreallyrepeating itself, while the other half of me has given up. I want to sit in the corner of my room and rock back and forth.Deciding to go with neither, I collapse onto the mattress and stare at the ceiling, feeling exh
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