Chapter 39

Tell Me About Her-2

Zaid takes a breath. "She was everything."

The pain in his voice is palpable, and I feel a pang of guilt for bringing it up.

His hands clench into fists on the table. "She was funny. She had this way of making everything better, no matter how bad things got. Always smiling, always laughing."

He pauses his eyes distant as if he was seeing her in his mind. "When she died, everything fell apart. My dad, my- we couldn't hold it together without her."

His voice drops to a whisper, so soft I almost don't hear it.

"It was all my fault."

The words hang in the air, so heavy that they make it hard for me to breathe. "What do

you mean?"

He shakes his head, the pain in his eyes too much for me. "Forget it."

"Zaid-"

He cuts me off. "How's school? You know, now that I'm not there."

I grimace, hugging myself tighter. "About that. I'm sorry I got you expelled."

He shrugs. "It wasn't your fault. Besides, I'm sure everyone was expecting it to happen

one way or another."

told the principal that you did it to

they take me in. "I'm 19,

I shrug, reaching for a french

were threatening to press charges if the school didn't get

you to be in the middle

I chew slowly, trying to distract myself from the way my heart flutters in my

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you here that day.

stop the heat that inevitably bleeds into my cheeks. "I

nods, taking a sip of his

the back of my head and

something?"

an eyebrow. "I can't promise I'll answer

meaningful moment between us gone. I take a sip

at my lap as I ask."Why

He recoils, frowning. "Friends?"

"Yeah."

leans back in the booth. "What

pop my lips, exhaling. "Nothing, someone else asked me

"Who?"

I blink. "Evan."

a loudmouth, can't keep anything to

Evan had been drinking when he asked me all those

"Nah, love. That's a question

with such disgust that I find myself flinching. Still, I

hear it from him." He

his mouth.

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