Chapter 59

Harper

The cafeteria was louder than usual, every table full. My stomach knotted at the sight, but hunger pushed me forward anyway. I gripped my tray so tightly my knuckles turned white, scanning the room for anywhere—anywhere—I could sit without seeing them.

But fate, it seemed, had other plans.

The only empty seat I could find was at a table just a few feet away from theirs. I hesitated, standin