LOGINShe’s done surviving for everyone else. Now she’ll live for herself—even if it kills her. Kylee has always kept her head down. At school, she’s invisible. At home, she’s broken—caught between a stepfather’s rage and a mother who refuses to see the damage. The only way to cope is silence. Numbness. Disappearing. But then Price moves in next door. He’s all wrong for her: too charming, too curious, too determined to see what she’s worked so hard to bury. Still, Kylee can’t help but let him in. And with Price comes something else—something she can’t explain. Scratches on her skin she didn’t make. Whispers in the night she swears aren’t hers. Visions of a girl who looks just like her, begging to be remembered. As her grip on reality frays, Kylee must choose: stay hidden in the shadows of her pain, or face a truth darker than she ever imagined. Because someone is watching her. Someone who wants her to forget. But this time, Kylee won’t be anyone’s ghost. A haunting, emotional slow-burn romance with a twist of the paranormal. Because sometimes the bravest thing a girl can do is write her own heartbeat—and choose to live it out loud.
View MoreShe gave it another tug, and then put her body into it. She held the ring with both hands and planted her feet against the wall. She stepped away, dumbfounded. She knew the door was heavy, but she couldn’t be that weak. Someone must’ve locked it after that family went inside.She walked around the steps and peered through the wavy glass of the window. She spotted her family sitting in a pew toward the back. She pressed her face closer, searching for Price.There he was. His dad sat ramrod straight, listening to every word. Lisa had her eyes on something in her lap, and Price was poking her, whispering in her ear. He’d combed his hair down and parted to the side like a choirboy. It made him look younger, but in an angelic sort of way.
Her parents were eating without her and hadn’t even set a place for her. Her mom poked at a piece of chicken with her fork, her eyes tired and droopy. Kylee paused, surprised to note she’d gotten a haircut. Her dark blond hair hung around her face. But it wasn’t styled, and the cut didn’t flatter her. Bill shoveled his food into his mouth, his perpetual sneer in place. In the kitchen, flies buzzed over the sink full of dirty dishes.“Theresa, you know how to use salt, woman?” He kicked at her chair leg.She lifted her eyes to glower at him. “Next time salt your own food.”Kylee cleared her throat. “Sorry I wasn’t here. I needed to get out for a bit.” She waited for a reprimand,
The bus ride home was pretty quiet. Kylee stared out the window, the scenery less exciting now that she knew she was moving closer to home. She turned to Price, who rested with his head against the back of the seat, eyes closed.“Are you sleeping?” she whispered.“No,” he murmured, peeking one eye open.She smiled at him, and he smiled back, which relieved her. “Are you okay?”He shrugged. “Yeah. Tired, I guess.”His hands were clasped in his lap. Gathering her courage, Kylee reached forward and touched
Kylee choked back a gasp. “Yeah, okay,” she said, aware of the prickly burning creeping up her face and into her hairline. Hot, it was so hot in here. She resisted the urge to run from the store screaming. She pushed opened the door, annoyed by the jingling bell.Price paced the sidewalk in front of the store. He stopped and stared at her when she appeared, his rigid expression relaxing. “I thought maybe you wouldn’t come out.”“Okay, that lady was weird.” She stepped up to him, stopping a few inches from him and looking up into his face. “But I don’t think she’d get away with kidnapping me.”“What did she say to you?”Kylee shrugged. “Nothing that made any sense. Let’s go back to the beach.”Price found a shady spot where they watched the volleyball game. He lay down in the sand, taking Kylee’s hand and tugging her down next to him. She didn’t try to resist, relishing the warm feeling bubbling up in her chest.“What time is it?” she asked after what seemed like a few minutes but was
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