Spring After A Cold Winter

nofficial queen" of Hayes Tech and Nathan Hayes' s girlfriend. Just like that, I was coll

e execution was a stark contrast to the messy life I liv

faced a tightly shut blind. Outside, his sleek black car pulled up, and he opened the door for Chloe, a pract

sidewalk furniture he walked past without a glance. My phone, once buzzing

ct reunion. During this silent abandonment, I made several trips to the h

ed, was so easily mistaken for genuine affection. "Ava," he whispered after a night of desperate passion, "you' re not mad I fired you, are you?" How could I be? H

best friend, showed up, displaying my pathetic devotion for scorn. "Homewrecker," she spa

y pain. "Ava, Chloe is different. She's not like you. Just be good, okay?" He didn' t wipe awa

roat, raw and desperate. He laughed, a strange, humorless sound. He c

a spring he wou