Salem pays me a visit one afternoon. I'm not expecting her. Neither is my brother.
After he's done freaking out, she and I step out onto my deck to talk. There are knots in my stomach while we stand there, looking out over the field in my backyard. I haven't seen or spoken to Salem since that night I caught her and Havannah with Khan.
She asks how I'm doing. Then she asks about what happened with Havannah at Rosewood. That's what she's really here for - the inside scoop.
I don't give it to her. I know better now than to believe her when she tells me that she misses me, or to accept her invite to go and hang out with the crew. Just like old times.
I tell her I need time to just be alone right now and, thankfully, she doesn't push.
When she leaves, the anxiety melts away. It makes me think of what Ashley said to me; that I can feel what other people are feeling, on top of what I'm feeling. It makes me think about all the drinking and staying out late. About all the times I didn't feel like going to class. All the money I felt compelled to spend.
About Khan.
It makes me wonder how much of what I felt when I was with those girls was actually coming from me.
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Gates of Fire And Gold
General FictionBook # 2 in The Lockworth Lottery series. Devon DaMaren had everything; fame, fortune, fashion, and a place in the Lockworth household. And she's thrown it all away in the name of love. But the Lockworths won't let her go so easily. Devon is beg...
