PIERCE

"Katy!" I yelled into the women’s restroom outside the high school gymnasium.

Yolanda Meyer walked out while I prepared to yell again and forced me to close my mouth and step away. I lowered the hand I cupped over my mouth to amplify the sound and smiled at her.

"She’s not in there," she said, giving me a weird look. Obviously Yolanda hadn’t gotten the news about Katy and my new relationship, or maybe she had. Pelican Bay was a weird ...