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Isaac shoved open the passenger door and stepped out. Icy air swirled in, harsh against her bare skin.<br />

“What are you doing?” Emily demanded.<br />

He leaned over the open door, his mouth small and solemn. “I should go home.”<br />

“No!” Emily cried. She lurched out her own door and followed him across the parking lot. “Come <strong>on</strong>!”<br />

Isaac was walking toward the little wooded path that led from the Wawa lot to the street. He glanced<br />

over<br />

his shoulder. “This is my mom you’re talking about. Think about what you’re saying. Think really hard.”<br />

“I have thought about it!” Emily shouted. But Isaac kept going, not answering. She came to a stop in<br />

fr<strong>on</strong>t of<br />

the store, going limp. Above her, the ne<strong>on</strong> Wawa sign buzzed fiercely. There was a line of kids at the<br />

counter<br />

buying coffees and sodas and candy. She waited for Isaac to turn back, but he didn’t. Finally, she walked<br />

back to her car and got in. The inside of the Volvo smelled like the Colberts’ detergent. The passenger<br />

seat<br />

was still warm from Isaac’s butt. For at least ten minutes, she stared numbly at the Dumpster, not<br />

knowing<br />

what to make of what had happened.<br />

A little chime went off inside her backpack. Emily swiveled around, reaching for her ph<strong>on</strong>e. Maybe it was<br />

Isaac, writing to apologize. And maybe she should apologize too. He and his mom were close, and she<br />

certainly<br />

didn’t want to hate his family. Maybe she should’ve found another way to break the news instead of<br />

blindsiding him with it.<br />

Emily opened the new text, swallowing a sniffle. It wasn’t from Isaac.<br />

Too distracted to decipher my clues? Go to your first love’s old house and maybe it’ll all make sense.—A<br />

Emily glowered at the screen. She’d had it with these vague clues. What did A want?<br />

She slowly pulled out of the Wawa parking lot, braking to let a Jeep full of high school boys cut in fr<strong>on</strong>t<br />

of<br />

her. Go to your first love’s old house. A obviously meant Ali. She’d take the bait; Ali’s old neighborhood<br />

was

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