The Things We Don't Play
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Last published Sat, May 10, 2025
After a year away from Blackwood, 18-year-old Wayne Richardson is back-and he's not thrilled about it. The halls haven't changed. The whispers haven't changed. But Wayne has. Grief has gutted him. His piano, once his whole world, now feels like a ghost he can't bury. And the only reason he's here? A promise to his father he swore he'd never forgive.
He thought he could coast through senior year under the radar-hang out with his best friends Rin and Eric, survive the chaos of his too-loud, too-perfect brothers, and avoid anything that reminds him of who he used to be.
Then he sees her.
Adora Hearst: ballet prodigy, violinist, and dangerously beautiful transfer student with a stare that cuts and a twin brother who doesn't take kindly to anyone looking too long. She's the kind of girl boys write songs about-but Wayne's never been great at playing nice with feelings.
Eric says she's off-limits. Wayne knows he should listen.
But grief has a way of pulling you toward the last thing that makes you feel anything at all.
Where prodigies collide, secrets unravel-and love strikes the wrong chord.
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