Chapter One
KRISTIE LOOKED at herself in the mirror, doing a last-minute touch up before she walked out into her party. Her mother and Lionel had rented out her favorite place to eat, and the guests milled around outside, talking in low tones. She was ten minutes late for her own party. It all boiled down to one guest she was dreading to see.
Her graduation had gone off without a hitch, and her heart had raced with excitement the entire time. This was what she had been working so hard for. It had been a long journey, but she had done it. Kristie couldn’t believe that she was now an English graduate.
The last semester had been touch and go. After a holiday filled with nothing but tense moments and one stressful event after another, Kristie had come back to her dorm in a state of mental a
