Chapter 40

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"I'm sorry," I whisper, just as he starts the car.

He shakes his head. "Don't apologize. I did the same thing to you, or do you not

remember?"

I sink into my seat remembering how it felt when he began to read the article about my accident, when he forced me into a panic attack.

The tension between us increases until I'm bouncing my leg on the ground to try and balance myself. He's angry, and it's coming off of him in waves. He grips the steering wheel until his knuckles turn white.

My phone vibrates in my back pocket.

A: Hey. I'm home now, need me to pick you up?

I roll my tongue inside my mouth and don't answer, instead I look outside the window, taking in the desert landscape.

It think about the last time I was on this road, about Jake and how that seemed to be the start of everything for me. The start of Jake and then the start of Aiden.

Koumpounophobia - Fear of buttons.

Rhytiphobia - Fear of getting wrinkles.

I fidget, remembering the sight of his broken heart plastered so clearly in his eyes. My heart rate increasing as I remember how angry he looked after the game, how he watched

me as if I had ruined him.

I'm so in my head, my mind spinning that I don't even realize we are in town until Zaid pulls the car a stop.

blink, frowning as realize that we're

"How-why are we here?"

his head. "You're going to tell that wasn't

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he's done with practice?"

reading my messages? I look away from him and unbuckle my seatbelt. "You know

smirks but it doesn't reach his eyes. "Yes. Small town. Ex-best friends

shit."

think about the possibility that Zaid knows

can't let myself

will be a snowball effect, starting with Jace, made worse by Evan and now

step out of the car, but before

"Alina."

over, looking at him

smiles sadly. "Can I ask you for

odd request from him and curiosity has me

school, go to the gym hallway and look at the

head.

to do it until

the steering wheel. "I'm

just do it."

the car door in front of me, pulling out of the driveway and leaving me standing there. I have to give

the door handle.

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