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  • Chapter 14

  • Chapter 14

  • The only bright spot during my medical leave was that my Stanford early admission had been

  • approved.

  • I’d be spared the senior year panic about college applications,

  • Without a second thought, I submitted my request to transfer to AP classes.

  • My GPA had always qualified me for the advanced track. I’d only stayed in regular classes because

  • that’s where Zephyr was.

  • Now, I wanted as much physical and mental distance as possible.

  • Different classes.

  • Different future.

  • Different life.

  • attempts to see

  • contact ceased completely.

  • emerged his very public relationship with Katherine.

  • their way to my phone, sent by friends who thought I’d “want to

  • presence

  • Black profile picture.

  • Private account.

  • Rarely posted.

  • too–cool–to–care

  • 40.2%

  • Ruined Bride of Velvet

  • profile photo was

  • icon in a

  • transformed into a daily relationship highlight reel,

  • teenage romance cliché on display; Carefully arranged Bento boxes with heart–shaped contents, selfies sharing earbuds while studying, notebook margins filled with each other’s names,

  • hands…

  • first few times I saw these posts, my chest tightened. I recognized the performance for what it was a show specifically designed for

  • knot in my

  • a few seconds longer each time before

  • wasn’t incapable of treating a girl with

  • knew exactly how to be a caring boyfriend–he just

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