Chapter 42 Tessa, again.
The second check in was late September and Tessa was in the hallway.
I saw her before she saw me, which gave me about three seconds to decide what to do with my face. I settled on neutral, the one I had spent three years building into something reliable. Not hostile, not warm. Just a face that wa...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 Beckett house
2. Chapter 2 I Didn't Sleep
3. Chapter 3 In The Hallway
4. Chapter 4 My Journal
5. Chapter 5 Power Out
6. Chapter 6 The House
7. Chapter 7 No Class
8. Chapter 8 Appeal Letter
9. Chapter 9 The Team
10. Chapter 10 The KISS
11. Chapter 11 Aftermath Of The Kiss
12. Chapter 12 The Office
13. Chapter 13 Empty
14. Chapter 14 Vermont
15. Chapter 15 Novel
16. Chapter 16 New Year's Eve
17. Chapter 17 Memoir
18. Chapter 18 The Agent
19. Chapter 19 May
20. Chapter 20 Summer
21. Chapter 21 Senior Year
22. Chapter 22 My Book
23. Chapter 23 College Application
24. Chapter 24 The Morning After
25. Chapter 25 Sunday
26. Chapter 26 Tuesday
27. Chapter 27 Geometry
28. Chapter 28 Friday
29. Chapter 29 The Weight of Small Things
30. Chapter 30 What Leo Wrote
31. Chapter 31 Saturday Morning
32. Chapter 32 Dr Reyes
33. Chapter 33 By Monday
34. Chapter 34 The Invitation
35. Chapter 35 After Dinner
36. Chapter 36 The Thing About The Rain
37. Chapter 37 The Manuscript Again
38. Chapter 38 The Confrontation That Wasn't
39. Chapter 39 Advance Copies
40. Chapter 40 Before He Goes Back
41. Chapter 41 Senior Year, First Week
42. Chapter 42 Tessa, again.
43. Chapter 43 Peer workshop
44. Chapter 44 Copy Edits
45. Chapter 45 What Maisie Understands
46. Chapter 46 Diane's Call
47. Chapter 47 Leo's Essay. Published
48. Chapter 48 The Long Version, First Draft
49. Chapter 49 David in Columbus
50. Chapter 50 November: The Book Is Coming
51. Chapter 51 Celeste's Accounting
52. Chapter 52 The Creation Writing
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