Cal swats me in the chest so hard I double over, coughing. ”What the hell are you staring at?” He stands with his hands on his hips, chewing an entire donut in one bite. I have no idea what the hell just happened here, but I’m shaken.

”Who was that girl?” I ask, staring down the hall toward the direction my brother just disappeared.”

Cal blinks at me a few times. ”Maddie, she just said, right? Nicole’s friend? Writer, ...