Chapter 64 *

Chantal’s POV

Novak's basement, decorated with string lights and a "Welcome Back Class of 2022" banner. The LEDs were doing that slow color fade thing. Blue to purple to pink. The music was some Drake song I didn't really care about.

I sat on the sectional couch near the window, scrolling through my phone as I looked around. Novak's place was perfect—his parents were cool about it as long as we d