Chapter 21 Heading into the home stretch Alex We had the total mess of people trying to kill us behind us. We were getting ready to head into the home stretch of our last semester. Ryan made me go to see someone, and no, Jordan could not counsel me. “But why? He knows what I went through,” I whined. “Because you need someone who doesn’t know you,” said Ryan. “Plus, he might give you poor advice such as dropping this loser,” Frazier grinned, pointing at Ryan. Ryan rolled his eyes. “Alex, when you go through a traumatic event, you need a point of view from someone else.” “Oh, come on, Jordan is objective,” I stomped my feet like a three-year-old. “The answer is no,” he said. “You’re not fair,” I whined. “Suck it up, buttercup. You have an appointment at three today,” Ryan said, wa