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Chapter 19: Danilo's Way Out

Author: Fredrik Starr
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-07-21 23:34:08

Danilo’s POV

There’s always something weird about school parking lots after the last bell rings. It’s like the silence hits differently, too still, like everyone’s pretending the day wasn’t full of drama, hormones, secrets, and social minefields. I stood by my car, keys in hand, watching Antonia hop into Lloyd’s truck. She threw her head back laughing at something he said. I couldn’t hear it, but whatever it was, it definitely had her going. I waved as they pulled away. Her curls bounced behind the glass like they didn’t know what stress was.

I was just about to slide into my car and call it a day when I heard the sharp, unmistakable click of heels behind me.

I didn’t even have to turn around to know who it was.

“Guess who’s your Maria,” Harper’s voice curled over my shoulder, sickly sweet like perfume you didn’t ask to smell. She stepped in front of me, her grin wide and smug, like she’d just claimed something that wasn’t hers.

Her lipstick was that deep, dramatic red, the kind that
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