CAN A RELATIONSHIP SURVIVE JEALOUSY, FAME, DRUGS, AND ULTIMATELY, MURDER? Melanie promised to protect her friend. She's going to keep that promise. Even if it means enlisting the help of Justin da Costa, a violent and unpredictable, most feared boy in her school. Falling in bed with him wasn't part of the plan. Neither was falling in love. The rumors say that he spent two years in a psych ward. The rumors say that he killed his own father. But the truth is much worse. Melanie isn't afraid of Justin. He would never hurt her. But she is afraid for him. Because of his self-destructive tendencies. And she's afraid for other people. Because of his obsession with her. She should leave him. But she can't. Not after she's seen the tortured soul beneath the wall he built around himself. Can Melanie save Justin from himself? And just how far she's willing to go in order to do that? *** Snippet: A tug on my ponytail stops me. "Not so fast, Princess." I turn around with the world's most innocent expression. "Yes?" The boy everyone fears is watching me with cold and hard eyes. "You owe me." I nod. "You're right. I owe you." I unclasp my watch and press it into his hand. "This is the most valuable thing I have on me right now. Please take good care of it." I hightail it out of there. I only look back once to see him staring at a $20 pink Hello Kitty watch with such confusion and bafflement that I would have burst out laughing if I wasn't busy running. *** All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without the written permission of the author.
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