CHAPTER 27
ARI
With hindsight, getting into a fight with Baylee had been the wrong move. But I’d panicked. I’d panicked when I saw her putting milk in Zach’s coffee and stopped her in the quickest way possible. And the dumbest part of the move? Nobody was going to spike Zach’s milk this weekend. Lila had reported that betting patterns were normal.
The aftermath of the contest in Peniche had been uncomfortable, the airplane ride back almost unbearable. I’d nearly fled from the departure gate and caught another flight, but I hadn’t wanted to hurt Zach by running out on him.
In the end, Maya had calmed me down in the bathroom.
“We don’t all think like Baylee, you know.”
“You heard about the fight?”
“Zach told me. She thinks the whole world revolves around her.”
“I didn’t set out to mo
