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23. Tyler

Author: J. Tarr
last update Last Updated: 2025-02-03 21:35:59

Jacob walks back into the dorm, whistling like nothing in the world is wrong. He throws his bag onto his bed and glances at me, sprawled out on my own bed, staring at the ceiling like it holds all the answers.

“Hey, Ty. You good?” he asks, noticing the tension in the room. His eyebrows furrow as he looks at me more closely. “You look like you’ve seen a ghost.”

I sit up, running my hands through my hair. I don’t even know where to start. All the emotions swirling inside me have been boiling over since Landon left earlier, and now it’s like I’m about to explode. Jacob’s become my best friend, and I’ve been holding all this in for too long.

“No, Jacob. I’m not good,” I finally blurt out, and he freezes mid-step, clearly taken aback by my sudden outburst. “I’m really not good.”

He raises an eyebrow and sits down on the edge of his bed, giving me his full attention. “Alright. Spill. What happened?”

I take a deep breath, my heart pounding in my chest. “It’s Landon. He came by earlier. After
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