Chapter 14: Grayson: Crashing Dinner

When the final bell of the day rings, I rush out of class and straight to Isabelle's locker. I can't shake the image of her face during lunch when she saw me sitting with Brit. And I couldn't help but notice Isabelle and Cam barely spoke. She's not at her locker when I arrive, so I wait. A moment later, she strolls down the hallway. My heart races at the sight of her.

"Adding stalking to your list of crimes?" she asks.

"After attempted murder, what's a little stalking among friends?"

She steps around me to get to her locker. "Well, I suppose it's good the severity of your offenses is going down."

I shift so I'm leaning against the locker next to hers. She's doing everything in her power not to look at me. Her face is flushed, and her eyes are puffy, as if she's been crying. My chest constricts. "Is everything okay?"

"Yeah, just… I got a lot of stuff going on. That's all." She opens her locker and rummages around inside.