Chapter 4 Chapter 6 Chapter 5: The Boy I Ran Into POV: Valeria Cruz  I should not be thinking about him. That should be the easiest part of all this.  Not Jason. Not Camila. Not the humiliation sitting in my chest like something bruised and half-healed already. Him. The stranger outside the house. The one with

Chapter 3 Chapter 5 Chapter 4: Everything Breaks at Once POV: Valeria Cruz The walk home feels longer than usual. It’s not. I’ve taken this same route a hundred times. Same streets. Same corners. Same quiet stretch where the streetlights flicker just enough to make everything feel slightly off.  But tonight- everything feels different. Every step is

Chapter 2 Chapter 4 Chapter 3: Before She Fell POV: Rafael “Rafe” Vega  I wasn’t supposed to care. That’s the thing. I wasn’t supposed to notice her at all.  Nico’s talking. Elena’s laughing at something he said. And I’m standing there, half listening, half watching a situation I already know is about to go sideways. “Just

Chapter 1 Chapter 3 Chapter 2: The Truth I Didn’t See POV: Valeria Cruz  I don’t go back inside right away. I should. I know I should. Because standing outside changes nothing.  Jason is still in there. Camila is still in there. And whatever I thought my life was ten minutes ago is still lying