The following morning at school, Julietta sat in the cafeteria for her first break. She waited for someone familiar to join her. The events of the previous night felt like a dream and she wanted someone to bring her back to reality. She had Raine’s card in her school bag, but she could not bring herself to call him.

“What about the promises you made to him?” she asked herself inwardly. “He was only being himself under difficult circumstances. Is it now the time to test my ...