Chapter thirty-four: Daniel is not Daniel.
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We drove in silence for the rest of the ride because we didn't want to fight.
It's enough that we both had to live far away from our parents. We only had each other.
I called Daniel, and I placed the phone on my ear. "Hey."
"Hey, Lynn," Daniel greeted.
"How did everything work out? What happened? Did you fix everything between you and Elias?" I asked.
"Yeah," Daniel replied. "He did not apologize, and he just wanted to know if anything was wrong with me."
"Wait, but you're on good terms with him, yeah?" I sucked my bottom lip in my mouth.
"No," Daniel answered. "He was mad because I refused to tell him if anything was wrong in the house."
"Was anything wrong?" I bit my lip. "Did your mom fight with your stepfather?"
"Not re
