I woke up that morning with a strange heaviness in my chest. School was still in my head. Gabriel was still in my head. Paxton was also there, making everything worse. My life felt like two storms chasing me at the same time, and both wanted to tear me apart.

I hated it.

I just wanted peace, but peace never wanted me.

Today was the day they asked me to come collect my prize. They never gave prizes on weekends because their office didn’t open then. So they called all winners during ...