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CHAPTER EIGHTY-TWO
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COLECurt and I had been sitting in my car for what felt like forever. My hands gripped the steering wheel so tight my knuckles turned white, and I could feel the tension buzzing through my whole body like a live wire. My mind was racing, thoughts colliding with each other like a chaotic storm. Blake. Alex. Dinner. Just the two of them.I turned to Curt, who sat in the passenger seat, cool as ever, scrolling through his phone like we weren’t on the verge of something major. I didn’t get how he could be so calm, so collected, while my stomach was in knots.“I’m telling you, man,” I said, my voice hard and tight, “Blake’s always had a thing for her. I could see it. Every time he’s around Alex, the way he looks at her. And now, dinner? Just the two of them? That’s not nothing. That’s not just friends.”Curt glanced up at me, his eyebrows raised, but his tone was steady, like he was talking me off a ledge. “Cole, you’re overthinking this. You don’t know if it was just the two of them. May
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ELIZABETH:After school, the buzz of excitement was still running through me as Cheryl, Alex, Raphael, and I headed to the mall. Cheryl was walking beside me, practically bouncing with energy, while Alex strolled a little ahead, oblivious to the secret we were all holding onto. Raphael was at the back, cool as ever, hands shoved into his pockets, his expression unreadable.We were throwing a surprise costume-themed birthday party for Alex tonight, and she had absolutely no idea. The plan had been in the works for weeks—Cheryl, Adam, the boys and I had been coordinating behind the scenes, planning everything down to the smallest details. But we hadn’t breathed a word to Alex. She thought we were just having a simple sleepover at her place to celebrate her birthday. Little did she know, it was going to be much more than that.As we entered the mall, People were bustling around, couples holding hands, families with their kids in tow, teenagers hanging out in groups like us. I felt a litt
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