Page 156 of Haunt Me

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Faith: She said it’s ok to talk to you about whatever I want, as long as I don’t tell her what we said afterwards.

Isaiah: Well, what do you want to talk about?

Faith: Eden.

Faith: Also, when are you going to collab with Weston Spencer in a music video?

Isaiah: What.

Faith: Sorry, got derailed.

Faith: It got bad with Eden for a few days. She had a bad episode and it took a while to peter out.

Isaiah: Can you talk about what the trigger was?

Faith: Manuela was using hair dye. Eden smelled it and it just… It took her straight back, Isaiah. It was scary. I didn’t know what to do, she was completely frozen.

Isaiah: I know how it is. I’ve seen her like that a few times.

Faith: Yeah. Well, I hadn’t.

Faith: She’s better now. She sometimes needs to be alone in her room, but Pooh goes in there with her.

Isaiah: That’s good.

Faith: Manu and I usually stand outside her door, bugging her until she lets us in. We text her and each other instead of talking.

Isaiah: Why

Faith: Just to annoy her, I guess.

Isaiah: Nice

Isaiah: Is she applying to any colleges?

Faith: Did you know she has already taken her SATs?

Isaiah: What?

Faith: Yeah, Dad arranged it. He got her tutors and she studied very hard. She aced every single exam, got a brilliant score.

Isaiah: Of course she did.

Isaiah: She’ll have her pick of schools, I’m sure.

Faith: Her extracurriculars list is empty. Well, except for your letter of recommendation, of course.

Faith: She is not giving up, though. She says she will fight.

Faith: But it breaks my heart to see how much she is struggling.

Isaiah: You text me whenever that happens, and I’ll be there for you, since she won’t allow me to be there for her.

Faith: I don’t want your heart broken as well.

Isaiah: You know what’s happened to my heart, Fee.

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