Chapter 22: Late Night Walks

Hallie’s POV

“I-I, well…” My voice trails off because I don’t know how to answer his question.

I want to say yes because he had told me we’re friends, but now I’m wondering if I missed signs telling me otherwise that I didn’t notice because this has come as a shock to me. Here I was thinking that River Knight, the most popular guy in school, was nothing more than a friend to me.

But now he’s saying that we’re not. How am I meant to take this piece of information? And what the hell am I to do with it? My head is spinning so hard it feels as though it’s going to detach from my neck and fly into the sky, never to be seen again.

“What was I supposed to think?” I say softly, fiddling with my clammy fingers at the table. My heart is pounding in my chest and I’m afraid River can hear it. “You said we were.”