Maddy’s POVONE YEAR LATER.“You must be Maddy Green. I’m Paula,” a bright-haired girl said, thrusting her hand in my direction.I shook her hand. “Hi, Paula, it’s nice to meet you!” I tried to keep my voice as casual as possible. I was hiding my nerves. The dorm room was small. She had already claimed the window corner leaving the smaller corner close to the toilet door to me.Her corner was decorated with pictures of her favorite popstars, I assumed. It was clean. Freakishly clean. The stacks of textbooks on her table told me she was a serious student.“How long have you been on campus?” I asked her while unpacking.“Since opening day. Sorry, I know, my parents are real strict like that,” she said, hopping into bed.“No, that’s good. My mother used to be like that!”“Used to? What happened?”“She died a long time ago!” I said and turned around to face my bags. I had so much to do. A shit ton actually.It’d been a year since I left Pine Creek. A year since I left him. Aston, the lov
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