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Chapter 6: Avery

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Avery’s POV

The front door closed behind me harder than I intended, and I immediately heard my parents' conversation stop dead in the kitchen.

Crap.

I dropped my backpack and pressed my back against the door, trying to get my breathing under control.

The hallway whispers had followed me all the way home, echoing in my head like a broken record.

Can't believe she came back... after what happened... wonder if she thinks people forgot...

"Avery?" Mom's voice, carefully neutral. "How was school, honey?"

I could hear them both holding their breath, waiting for me to either break down or lie to their faces. The same dance we'd been doing for two years.

"Fine," I called back, hating how my voice cracked slightly on the word.

Dad appeared in the doorway, still in his work shirt but with his sleeves rolled up. His eyes did that quick scan thing checking for tears, for signs that I was falling apart again.

"Just fine?" he asked, and I could hear all the questions he wasn't asking.

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