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She does n’t ans wer me. She marches toward her bed room and

then slams the door onc e we’ re both ins ide. She paces back and forth
a few times and then she stops and faces me.
“You bet ter tel l me wha t the hel l is going on right no w, Lily!”
I pull back in sho ck. What is she tal king ab out?
My ha nd s ins tant ly go to my stomach, bec ause I thi nk maybe she’s
no ticed , but she does n’t look at my stomach. She takes a step for ward

and pokes a fing er in my ches t. “There is no subway system in
Cambridge, Eng land , you idiot!”
“Wha t?” I am so conf used .
“I ma de tha t up!” she says. “Somet hi ng ha sn’t been right with you
for a long time. You’re my best friend , Lily. And I kno w my brother. I
talk to hi m ev er y week , and he isn’t the same. Somet hi ng ha ppened
bet ween you two, and I want to kno w wha t it is right no w!”

Shi t. I guess thi s is hap pening sooner rat he r than lat er.
I slowly bring my ha nd s up to my mouth, no t sure wha t to tel l her.
How much to tel l her. I ha d no idea unt il thi s moment ho w much it’s
been killing me tha t I ha ven ’t been able to talk to her about thi s. I
almost feel a little rel iev ed tha t she rea ds me so wel l.
I walk to her bed and take a sea t on it. “Allysa,” I whi sper. “Sit

down. ”
I know thi s is going to hu rt her almost as much as it hu rt me. She
walks over to her bed and sits down nex t to me, pulling my ha nd s to
hers .
“I don’t ev en kno w where to start.”
She squeez es my ha nd s, but says no thi ng . For the nex t fif teen
minu tes , I tel l her ev er ythi ng. I tel l her about the fig ht . I tel l her

about Atlas picking me up. I tel l her about the ho spital. I tel l her
about the preg na nc y.
I tel l her about ho w, for the last six week s, I cry mysel f to sleep
ev er y ni ght bec ause I ha ve nev er fel t so alone and so scared .
When I’m fini shed tel ling he r ev er ythi ng , we’re both crying . She
ha sn’t res pond ed to wha t I’ve told her with any thi ng othe r tha n the

occasiona l “Oh, Li ly.”
She does n’t ha ve to res pond , tho ugh. R yle is her brother. I kno w
she want s me to take hi s past int o cons idera tion just like the last time
it ha ppened . I kno w she’l l want me to work thi ng s out with hi m