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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 me.

  • contact ceased completely.

  • emerged his very public relationship with

  • Snapchat stories found their way to my phone, sent by friends who thought I’d “want to know.”

  • social media presence had been

  • Black profile picture.

  • Private account.

  • Rarely posted.

  • too–cool–to–care online persona.

  • 40.2%

  • Ruined Bride of

  • profile photo was an andated puppy

  • icon in

  • a daily

  • notebook margins filled with each other’s names, videos feeding campus strays together, matching silver bracelets glinting in the sunlight as they

  • hands…

  • I recognized the performance

  • that knot in my chest began

  • would hover over the “view story” button for a few seconds longer each time before I

  • of treating a girl with respect–he just chose not to

  • be a caring boyfriend–he just decided I wasn’t worth the

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