Chapter 19

• Dante had been writing non-stop, wearing headphones, sitting comfortably at the table with his laptop. Even though I was pretending he wasn’t there, trying to make everything less awkward, it was still hard to handle his presence.
• Why can't I just get rid of this uncomfortable connection? That thought kept repeating in my mind. It seemed like the storms weren’t the only unusual thing in Vale Dália now, and maybe I needed to get used to changes. I just didn’t expect them to be so overwhelming.
• "We need to study, don't distract me," I said, seeing Lucas scrolling through the movie catalog on the streaming platform.