The rest of the week was kind of a blur. Gavin did his best to keep my mind occupied, but it was someplace else, lost in reality. Cole had ditched school completely, which I was thankful for. One run-in with him, and it would all come crashing down. The wall that I have managed to build would tumble over quickly as if it wasn’t difficult to put up in the first place. I even sat down with my parents, staying up late until they got home. After multiple attempts to get them to move again, they told me that it wasn’t right for their business right now. They had more clients than ever before and were doing so well that they would lose a lot financially if we moved. Of course, they asked me what was wrong. I didn’t tell them about Cole, just that I was having a hard time fitting in a
