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Bend Me, Break Me
by
Chelsea M. Cameron
~ Synopsis ~
One girl.
Lonely.
Broken.
Lost.
One boy.
Determined.
Guilty.
Lost.
Two hearts.
One terrible secret.
It will either
bring them together or tear them apart.
~ Excerpt ~
“I get it,” she said. “I finally get it.” She wouldn’t
look up at me, instead concentrating on her hands. There were a few freckles on
the backs of them. I wanted to take one of her purple pens and connect them to
make constellations on her skin.
“Get what?” I asked. Her eyes came up to my face.
“Why you’re so obsessed with me.” I raised both eyebrows,
but inside, I was panicked. What if she figured me out? That would be
disastrous. It would be the end.
“And why is that?” I said, trying to be playful.
“I’m mysterious,” she said, she wiggled her fingers in
front of my face and the right side of her mouth drew up. Was that a smirk? Did
Ingrid just smirk at me?
“Oh, is that what you think it is?” After so many intense
moments, this moment of levity was like a cool drink for a parched throat.
“Definitely. What else could it be?” I wasn’t going to
answer that.
“You got me,” I said, putting my hands up as if I surrendered.
“I’m a sucker for a mystery.”
She nodded and I thought I spotted another smile, but it
was gone quickly, stuffed away behind rigid lips.
“Thank you,” she said, so quietly that I almost didn’t
catch it.
“You’re very welcome, Ingrid. Anytime.” I got up and
brought her some pizza and another glass of water. I had the feeling she hadn’t
been eating much recently.
She carefully ate two slices and had two water refills. It
made the color in her cheeks come back.
“You must think I’m crazy,” she said.
“No. I don’t think that at all.” I wouldn’t think that
about anyone, least of all her.
“Liar.”
“I’m not lying. Look at me.” I would never get used to the
way her eyes seared into me.
“I don’t think you’re crazy, Ingrid. Not even a little
bit.” Her eyes narrowed and I could tell she was assessing if I was telling the
truth or not.
“Okay,” she finally said. “I believe you.”
“Good.”
~ About the Author ~
Chelsea M. Cameron
is a New York Times/USA Today Best Selling author from Maine. Lover of things
random and ridiculous, Jane Austen/Charlotte and Emily Bronte Fangirl, red
velvet cake enthusiast, obsessive tea drinker, vegetarian, former cheerleader
and world's worst video gamer. When not writing, she enjoys watching
infomercials, singing in the car, tweeting (this one time, she was tweeted by
Neil Gaiman) and playing fetch with her cat, Sassenach. She has a degree in
journalism from the University of Maine, Orono that she promptly abandoned to
write about the people in her own head. More often than not, these people turn
out to be just as weird as she is.
~ Connect with Chelsea ~
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