Chapter 66

Tristan is in Fiji with his dad while Miranda and Creed went home to Florida. Andrew is with his cousins in Texas, and Zack is back in Cruz Bay. He even texted to tell me that my dad had a bad day and didn’t make it to work, that he lost his job and that rent and electricity didn’t get paid. I offered to send some money from the account Tristan made me, but Zack said he’d already taken care of it.

Of course, then I felt guilty for not going home for spring break. But this music program, it could be life-changing for me.

“I know what a bus is, dumb dumb,” Zayd says, hoisting me into the center row and then crawling up beside me. “We filmed my last music video in one.” I roll my eyes, but I can’t help but wonder how and why Zayd is even here.

“You already have a music career,” I start as he glances over at me, “so what’s this about?”

“You’re never too good to learn from someone else,” Zayd says, shrugging his shoulders and then tapping out several rapid text me