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