This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp [Nijkamp, Marieke] (z-lib.org).epub

entre todas las mujeres y bendito—
My eyes are drawn back to Tyler. His hair color is so much like Autumn’s, it
makes me sick.
Remember me.
I’ve never been able to forget him.
He scans the crowd. He keeps close to the doorway, and everyone pushes
away from him. He holds the gun with confidence. Tyler is too determined, too
accurate. Even Abuelo would not be able to teach him anything.
He points his weapon at the librarian. Fires.
She crumples steps from the door.
With his free hand, he pushes a stray strand of hair back under his cap.
Autumn moves in front of me, as if she wants to protect me, but I should be
protecting her.
Dios te salve, Maria… The words taste foreign on my tongue. I can’t
remember what comes next. I’m trembling all over, and I can’t stop.
Next to me, a freshman girl stumbles down the row of seats. One of the jocks
hoists her up by her arms, but there’s nowhere to go. She screams and pounds
her fists against his chest. He wraps his arms around her.
Autumn turns her head toward me, but while her mouth moves, I can’t hear
her.
All I can see is Principal Trenton’s surprised smile as she was shot and the
horror of the people around who rushed to help her. I hear gasps and cries and
screams. There’s death, there’s dying, and there’s blood everywhere.
Tyler is back.
• • •
CLAIRE
The second shot rings out at 10:05 a.m. Almost comically, Coach stares at the
starting gun in his hand, as if it fired without his noticing. But the sound didn’t