Chapter 14

EVANGELINE POINT OF VIEW

Lunch comes too soon.

I sit in the bathroom stall for an extra ten minutes, hoping the cafeteria will be crowded enough that I can slip in unnoticed. My stomach growls with hunger, but the thought of facing hundreds of staring students makes me sick.

Since Celeste's return this morning, whispers follow me everywhere. In Chemistry, girls pointed and giggled behind their hands. In English, even the teacher looked at me strangely. Like ...