Chapter 54: Chapter 54

PIERCE

"Katy!" I yelled into the women’s restroom outside the high school gymnasium.

Yolanda Meyer walked out while I prepared to yell again and forced me to close my mouth and step away. I lowered the hand I cupped over my mouth to amplify the sound and smiled at her.

"She’s not in there," she said, giving me a weird look. Obviously Yolanda hadn’t gotten the news about Katy and my new relationship, or maybe she had. Pelican Bay was a weird town.

I didn’t plan to take her word for it, though. Katy had friends to lie for her everywhere. "How do you know?"

Did Yolanda even know Katy? She was five years older than me, and even though Katy found herself into trouble often, did her reputation stretch that far?

Well… it’s possible

"First, everyone knows Katy Kadish. She slips in an extra cookie when you order at the bakery as long as she doesn’t think you’re a bitch."