Page 100 of The Only Girl in Town


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176.

now

I’ll tell you what happened that night.

But it will be a story.

And remember.

You should

always

look

very carefully

at the person

who tells the story.

177.

now

“I’m here,” I say out loud.

I am the one leaving clues.

I am the one leaving messages.

I am still

the only girl in town.

178.

now

Syd, Sam, my family, Alex, Ella.

They didn’t mean to break me that night.

And I didn’t jump.

I fell.

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now

Not the way you think I fell.

Not into the water.

I fell out of myself.

I fell out of my life.