Where We Left Off (Phoenix Falls Series)

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The rain trickles down the panes in a never ending cascade and, if we’re lucky, in a minute or two we’ll get a rumble of thunder crackling in the distance. I shoot up in bed, shoving my glasses back up my nose as I try to ease the crick in my neck from jolting so suddenly. We were never pre-assigned seats for Biology so it’s one of the only classes wherein I get to sit next to my best friend Kit.

You’re our guest,” he scolds, taking the coat that I had half-shrugged off my shoulders before I had my step-brother-sized seizure. Mitch is looking at me with such a dismayed expression that it confirms that this top was an excellent choice. I’m instantly fifty times more nervous than I was a minute ago, so I watch my feet as I step in puddle after puddle instead of looking up at his face. I was weirdly wired and there was this energy in the house that was getting too charged, so I decided that, after Mitch took me for my hand appointment this morning, I would permit myself an unaccompanied house tour. It’s mainly dark navy except for the text, and in the centre I overlaid an in-motion shot of a girl twirling so fast that all you can make out is her waistline and the lifted hem of her baby pink dress.Well, obviously he’s going to be in the kitchen to do the cabinets, because the whole thing is going to be coming out.

I stand with my back to the window, my heart thumping hard as I think about what I’m going to do when I see Tate outside again tonight. As River prepares to graduate and begin a life at college, she must decide whether to believe in her memories or to trust her gut. There’s a rigid V slicing up either side of his abdominals, and, most obviously of all, Caulder’s eyes are magnetised to my chest. He’s wearing his tie around his head for the full I hate school effect and his canines flash blindingly white with every arrogant guffaw.I thought that temporarily moving into Mitch’s house with my mom would result in awkward encounters and forced politeness, but it hasn’t required any adjusting at all. There is a heart-stopping split-second wherein we look at each other, wide eyed, in disbelief over the past five seconds. But during the time that the team and I are working on your room,” he lifts his hands in a sorry defeat.