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ChapterEleven
Harmony
Iwake up to my phone vibrating on the nightstand. With a groan, I turn in my bed and grab it.
Merry Christmas!
How’s it going with the stepbrother?
We got caught.
No!!!!!!!!!!!
Yup.
Want me to pick you up?
I stare at the screen with my heart breaking.
Maybe.
I don’t want to go out there.
I look at the snow falling outside my window and wonder if I can hike all the way to my father’s house in my pajamas and slippers.
What the hell did I do? What was I thinking?
I should have stayed in Australia and spent another Christmas in a hostel eating spaghetti out of a can with some Japanese tourists.
A knock on the door has me sitting up straight.
My mind immediately goes to August, hoping it’s him, but my heart sinks when I hear my mom’s voice.
“Harmony,” she says in an anything-but-friendly tone. “Can I come in? We need to talk.”
I swallow hard as I hurry out of bed, throw my robe on, and open the door.
Her jaw is all tight and she’s looking at me with those same angry disappointed eyes she gave me when she caught me sneaking back into my house at three AM after Jenny Richardson’s party in grade eleven.
I drop my eyes, feeling awful.
She comes in and closes the door.
My stomach is in knots. I hate this.
“I knew you were still mad at me,” she says in an accusing tone. “Is this how you’re getting back at me? Destroying my family because I destroyed yours?”
“What?” I gasp. “No!”
“You’re never going to forgive me are you?”
“Mom,” I say, feeling awful. “That’s not it.”
“Then what is it?” she asks, throwing her arms in the air. “What the heck were you doing in your stepbrother’s room late at night? Forget it! I don’t want to know.”
“I love him,” I blurt out.
Her mouth drops as she stares at me. “Is this some kind of joke?”
