Chapter 27

Conrad's POV

Gwen has been absent from school and tutoring for a week. Some say she's back to using dr*gs, others speculate that she committed suicide or ran away from home. Rumors spread in the classic way, through whispers and text messages. I don't believe any of the aforementioned options have occurred, or at least, that's what I hope. Since the party, I haven't seen her again, haven't known what happened to her since the time our bodies came together. Not because I'm a jerk who hasn't texted her, not because I haven't called her until I'm tired, but because she hasn't responded to any of my attempts to communicate.

Gwen is a complicated girl, I knew that from the very beginning. When I saw her walk in and everyone gave her dirty looks, I knew she was the girl nobody wanted, the one everyone mocked because deep down, she was so much better than all of them combined. People love to criticize what's different, they don't like what's new, what could be revolutionary or