ind Celeste flickered, a
n a school. A girl on the floor in a private
he same uniform, kick
d again.
on the floor was coughing now, and some
king turned around and look
old. Blond. Be
ste
ry went d
heerfully, and kicked again. "Every time you scream, I start o
om behind the camera. "Cee, I thi
leste said. "Unless you
d. "N-no. I'm film
it down onto the girl's hand. Then she walked out o
ra slowl
g anymore. Her eyes were half open
ended on
conds. Watching it from the hotel sofa
eone said. "Is
om exp
l hard on the marble. A microphone jabbed into her face. Somebody stepped on
er!" Vivian shri
o the crowd. A cameraman shoved b
Ivy watched Celeste crawl acro
n't there. Somewhere in those first thirty seconds, whil
still showing reporters chasing the Shaws' car
t viral in t
keside Prep, which means I was the one she didn't hit. The girl on the floor was Hannah
fell down the stairs. To them, it was the price of a ha
k at a party. They filmed what happened to me that night. I don't know how many men th
annah video. I'm not as stupid as they think. I'm
do
. I'm coming to a
kid ever goes th
ands we
to apologiz
pered. "No, no
oicemail. She grabbed her coat and ran for
te
keeps my family safe. I also called the police and gave them ever
go, I was standing on the Aurora Bridge. You gave me one m
had the same enemy, and somehow
ng to find Hannah now. I hope
I hope you get everythi
fell onto
pensive hotel suite in San Francisco, pr
words. They were still
so
n Celeste beating Brooke in a hallway at the Shaw house, the exact same way she'd
d to the night Brooke died and sent her
dying girl to g
scared her more than Dominic, more t
nce. And even the ones who do
in the bay beneath the Golden Gate Bridge. Her bl
try lost
roup stock dropped eighteen percent before lunch. And by that evening, news broke that Hannah Price's m
it all fro
o of Dominic's guards stood out
t come back f
window watching the lights on the Bay Brid
e she turned around. Bri
r three days because of Celeste? Nico, forget about her. She
lled her against him. His
over," he said softly. "A
u think she ever thought
d at her for a long time w
lded sheet of paper out of his jacket
e re
p. Dozens of calls and
"You started texting her on the nig
heart
he railing of the Aurora Bridge. You'd never met her. You'd never once called her in your life. You were locked
l the cold glass pressed into her spi
roat. Not squeezing. Just holding. Feel
voice was almost gent
ldn't b
going to die," he whispe
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