Chapter 19

I take a step forward so that we are now eye to eye. “Let me live my life Aria. I don’t need to answer you. We are no longer friends; we aren’t even enemies. You have no place in my life whatsoever. For once, will you listen to my request?”

“No.” She snaps. “Adam is very dangerous, Amiera. You do not know him as well as I do. He isn’t just some bad boy from school; he’s more than that. He screams danger. If he’s suddenly interested in you after all this time, believe me, he wants something from you. The minute that he gets it, he will drop you like you’re nothing. You’ll be left with a broken heart. He will use you until there is nothing left. I don’t want to see that happen to you.”

“Oh,” I say. “You mean like what you and Bryan did to me? I hate to say it, Aria; he wasn’t the one to hurt me. You and Bryan did that on your own, and now that I’m trying to move on, neither one of you is letting me. Why is that? Why can’t you just let me live my life?”

“I think Amiera has said enough.” Abigail cuts in. “You need to leave. You’re not wanted

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My skin suddenly begins to feel hot all over; what’s caused this change? My eyes scan my surroundings, and I finally find the reason behind the tingly sensation.

Adam. He’s looking straight at me, and he isn’t trying to hide that fact from me. After not paying attention to me for the entire day, why does he choose to now when Aria is speaking to me about him? His eyes on me make it hard for me to pay attention to Aria anymore.

to me, Amiera?” She

do you not understand?” I respond with a question of my own. “And you’re acting like this when you dated his brother! You’ve dated one of them already, and everyone in school knew

I are just concerned about you. I know that we did something to hurt you, but that doesn’t mean you

are?” She demands. “Both of our parents have warned us before. I don’t understand why you’re behaving this way when you’ve always been the only one out of the three of us to follow all of the rules. And I also don’t understand why it has to be

you decide to

I do from now on does not concern you nor Bryan. So please, listen to me and stay

he was focused on us, and I believe that meant that he was at least trying to figure out what we were talking about. The last time he chose to speak to me in front of Bryan, now I have to wonder, did he do that deliberately? Did he somehow know

to his house to piss off Bryan? Was that what all

girlfriend; he was practically their

showed any interest in me until now. That’s precisely what Aria just said to me; I’ve known it all along; I didn’t need her to point

burning into my back as I exit the cafeteria, and part

between us, but I didn’t want to stop it, not for me, not for Bryan, not

in front of me. When did he arrive? I knew that his return had been delayed, but no one

he?” He

scared that he’s talking about Adam.

yesterday with him … In the

my goodness. I was in deep trouble. But how would he have found out? Did Aria tell him something? Or did Bryan. It is evident that the two of them wanted me to stay away from Adam; would they go to such lengths to get me to cooperate? It was possible, they were

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