I'm the Girl by Courtney Summers

Author:Courtney Summers
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

Doc Abrams cuts straight through Nora’s phone number and then splits my cast apart, revealing a more diminished part of myself, the skin of my arm scaly and dry. I marvel at how light I feel without it, relieved to be finally rid of it. I glance at Nora, and she glances quickly away, her lips pressed together and her eyes bright. I’m hit with the guilty realization that the sight of my cast might have comforted her, the knowledge there was someone other than her carrying that day on the road long after everyone else moved on.

Another piece of Ashley, disappearing.

After it’s done, we head back to her car. She leans against it, and I settle beside her, our arms brushing, neither of us in a hurry to head out.

She stares at the street, silent.

“Thanks for taking me,” I say.

She shrugs. “What are you doing the rest of the day?”

“Staying out of Tyler’s way. Think he deserves a break from me.”

“My dad’s not home. Wanna come over?”

“… Okay.”

We get in the car, slamming our doors shut at the same time. She pulls out of the parking lot while I run my hand over my arm, reacquainting myself with it. It’s as weak as it looks, aches in a way I’m not expecting. On the way to Nora’s house, I grit my teeth and flex my fingers, willing it to feel as strong as it did before.

“Squeeze my hand,” Nora says suddenly, holding hers out, palm-side up. I reach over and wrap my fingers around hers, squeezing, like she told me to, but my grip is shy of where I want it to be. She laces her fingers between mine, telling me to squeeze again. I watch her as I do, but her eyes stay on the road. I decide to keep my hand in hers until she decides to let go, but she doesn’t let go and, after a while, I forget to squeeze.

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