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“Ren, your wrist might be broken.”
“It’s just a sprain.”
“You don’t know that. You fell from pretty high up.”
“I’ll just ice it, use an ace bandage.”
“Ren—”
“No hospitals, okay?” He paced the patch of grass before him, holding his wrist close to his chest. “No hospitals.”
“Why not?”
“Trina, you don’t understand.”
“Make me understand, then.”
“That was the last place I saw my mom, okay? She was sick, and they took me from her because there was no one else to take care of me at home. She never made it out of there. I was six years old, Trina. Six years old and my entire life was taken from me. No hospitals, okay? No hospitals.”
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“I’m sorry,” she saidas the memory washed over her. “I’m... yeah. Yeah, I’ll stay.”
He reached out and touched her arm.
His touch burned.
“Thank you.”
“Yeah,” she lied, “no problem.”
CHAPTER 10
Lorenzo had gottenpermission to use one of Mr. Torrence’s cars—not just any car, his favorite BMW—to take Katrina out on their official first date. Katrina was a bundle of nerves as she waited for him, unsurprised that Emily had failed to text her back when she wanted to relay her excitement.
Wasn’t she supposed to be one of Katrina’s best friends?
It seemed that friendship had waned the closer that Katrina and Lorenzo became. Add Justin into the mix, and Emily was all but fuming at the last 4thof July bash. Now here they all were about to begin their junior year of high school, thoughts of futures in their heads.
But Katrina wasn’t focused on the future.
She was focused on the now as she fidgeted with the hemline of her dress. It went past her fingertips, per her father’s rule, but only if she pulled it down.
She knew exactly what their night would entail. Dinner at the club that Mr. Torrence had assured Lorenzo they’d be welcomed in, perhaps a dance or two before heading off to the theatre to see the latest show that had traveled to their town. Lorenzo had never been to the theatre. He’d done all of this for her because he’d known exactly what she would love to do.
