The next week and a half were the darkest times I’d ever had in my life.

I barely got to talk to Alice because Valerie was always assigning us chores in different areas of the house. I knew she was doing it on purpose to keep us apart. I hadn’t seen Dante because there hadn’t been any more parties. Every day felt like it was the same. That was why I was surprised when Valerie came into the room I was dusting and told me I had a date in five minutes. ...