ing at you," Lydia said uncomfort

gh, Aaron was staring at her. What was he doi

d the system that built his family up. At one point early on he tried to convin

t?" Jeffrey

't you heard? He's been training to inherit the company since he was born. He's wicked

f his grades and other accomplishments but he refused it because h

t stupid," Keele

f Boston University so she could be in the same city as him but he never

's st

t of them. His uniform was identical to theirs but they could ne

a single strand out of place either. He was above the

n. Angering this young man would li

nted to tell him to his face but it would only provoke him. If she

f I sit

They would have to be insane. But lunc

t a target on their backs. Keeley couldn't speak because she was

" Aaron observed conversationally af

pick a fight with some schol

kids, students who could afford the tuition but weren't well-known, and soci

y didn't, his aura stood out in a space like this. Nobody in

d out. "I didn't eve

very. Aaron was terrifying. What had eve

from her. It was one she never figured out in

said in a show of support for her friend. It woul

an I do. You're mostly on the

n. Since Jeffrey was much closer in Harlem, he walked

demerits of the subway. Aaron couldn't participate since he had never been on

ularly used cars in the heart of th

med annoyed. What? Was the subway offending his rich kid

asn't used to being ignored since p

e subway to discussing college acceptance letters. Most universities made their fin

ed to schools in New York so I could use in-stat

warm and sunny but she would need a scholarship to make that

, Pace. I want to stay on the east

r from where I'm going," Aaron sa

als? This was surely the strangest lunch

ld be at Harvard, she would be at NYU, and the wo

Harvard graduate wife and Keeley co

next class, leaving that perplexing ice block behind her. There was absolutely no r

s he came over for Keeley. But why? What did he wa