"Hᴇʏ! Iᴛ's Hᴀɴɴᴀʜ. Hᴀɴɴᴀʜ Bᴀᴋᴇʀ. Dᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴀᴅᴊᴜsᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ... ᴡʜᴀᴛᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴅᴇᴠɪᴄᴇ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ʜᴇᴀʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜɪs ᴏɴ. Iᴛ's ᴍᴇ, ʟɪᴠᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴ sᴛᴇʀᴇᴏ. Nᴏ ʀᴇᴛᴜʀɴ ᴇɴɢᴀɢᴇᴍᴇɴᴛs, ɴᴏ ᴇɴᴄᴏʀᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜɪs ᴛɪᴍᴇ, ᴀʙsᴏʟᴜᴛᴇʟʏ ɴᴏ ʀᴇϙᴜᴇsᴛs. Gᴇᴛ ᴀ sɴᴀᴄᴋ. Sᴇᴛᴛʟᴇ ɪɴ. Bᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ I'ᴍ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴇʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴏʀʏ ᴏғ ᴍʏ ʟɪғᴇ. Mᴏʀᴇ sᴘᴇᴄɪғɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ, ᴡʜʏ ᴍʏ ʟɪғᴇ ᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ. Aɴᴅ ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ʟɪsᴛᴇɴɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜɪs ᴛᴀᴘᴇ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀsᴏɴs ᴡʜʏ. I'ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ sᴀʏɪɴɢ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴛᴀᴘᴇ ʙʀɪɴɢs ʏᴏᴜ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴏʀʏ. Bᴜᴛ ғᴇᴀʀ ɴᴏᴛ, ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇᴄᴇɪᴠᴇᴅ ᴛʜɪs ʟᴏᴠᴇʟʏ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ʙᴏx, ʏᴏᴜʀ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴘᴏᴘ ᴜᴘ. I ᴘʀᴏᴍɪsᴇ. Aɴʏᴡᴀʏ, ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴜʟᴇs ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ sɪᴍᴘʟᴇ. - Tʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴛᴡᴏ. Rᴜʟᴇ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀ ᴏɴᴇ: ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪsᴛᴇɴ. Nᴜᴍʙᴇʀ ᴛᴡᴏ: ʏᴏᴜ ᴘᴀss ɪᴛ ᴏɴ. Hᴏᴘᴇғᴜʟʟʏ, ɴᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ ᴏɴᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴇᴀsʏ. Iᴛ's ɴᴏᴛ sᴜᴘᴘᴏsᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴇᴀsʏ, ᴏʀ I ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴇᴍᴀɪʟᴇᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀɴ MP₃. Wʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴅᴏɴᴇ ʟɪsᴛᴇɴɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴀʟʟ ₁₃ sɪᴅᴇs, ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ₁₃ sɪᴅᴇs ᴛᴏ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ sᴛᴏʀʏ ʀᴇᴡɪɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴀᴘᴇs, ᴘᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏx, ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴀss ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇxᴛ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ. Oʜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏx ᴏғ ᴛᴀᴘᴇs sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅᴇᴅ ᴀ ᴍᴀᴘ. I'ʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴɪɴɢ sᴇᴠᴇʀᴀʟ sᴘᴏᴛs ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴏᴜʀ ʙᴇʟᴏᴠᴇᴅ ᴄɪᴛʏ. I ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ғᴏʀᴄᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ᴠɪsɪᴛ ᴛʜᴇᴍ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ'ᴅ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ɪɴsɪɢʜᴛ, ʜᴇᴀᴅ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴀʀs. Oʀ ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴡ, ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴛʜʀᴏᴡ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀᴘ ᴀɴᴅ I'ʟʟ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴏʀ ᴡɪʟʟ I? Yᴏᴜ sᴇᴇ, ɪɴ ᴄᴀsᴇ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴛᴇᴍᴘᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴜʟᴇs, ᴜɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴀɴᴅ I ᴅɪᴅ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴘʏ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ᴛᴀᴘᴇs, ᴀɴᴅ I ʟᴇғᴛ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ᴛʀᴜsᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴᴅɪᴠɪᴅᴜᴀʟ ᴡʜᴏ, ɪғ ᴛʜɪs ᴘᴀᴄᴋᴀɢᴇ ᴅᴏᴇsɴ'ᴛ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ɪᴛ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴀʟʟ ᴏғ ʏᴏᴜ, ᴡɪʟʟ ʀᴇʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ᴄᴏᴘɪᴇs ɪɴ ᴀ ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴘᴜʙʟɪᴄ ᴍᴀɴɴᴇʀ. Tʜɪs ᴡᴀs ɴᴏᴛ ᴀ sᴘᴜʀ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴅᴇᴄɪsɪᴏɴ. Dᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴍᴇ ғᴏʀ ɢʀᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ. Nᴏᴛ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ.
-Hannah Baker