Exposed (2015)
“I needed to get away from Emmett’s looming presence and the niggling urge to answer his question. To share my secrets. To be honest with a guy for once in my life and see what would happen.
Hopping a bus, I shuffled to the rear exit and leaned my back against the metal bar at the edge of the narrow stairway. Music screamed in my earbuds as downtown Vancouver slipped by.
Here’s the thing. I was attending Laurier Secondary under a false last name and a sob story about moving in with my no...nexistent cousin after my parents “died.” The only reason the school had let me in without many questions? My grades. Now, I’m no genius or anything. Let’s just say my marks were good enough to boost any school’s achievement rankings.
I had mad climbing, coordination and gymnastic skills but pretended to be allergic to my own sweat in gym class to avoid being asked to join any sports teams. And while other kids were working at the Cineplex, doling out popcorn and sodas, my part-time job was scaling buildings and stealing cars.MoreLess
Hopping a bus, I shuffled to the rear exit and leaned my back against the metal bar at the edge of the narrow stairway. Music screamed in my earbuds as downtown Vancouver slipped by.
Here’s the thing. I was attending Laurier Secondary under a false last name and a sob story about moving in with my no...nexistent cousin after my parents “died.” The only reason the school had let me in without many questions? My grades. Now, I’m no genius or anything. Let’s just say my marks were good enough to boost any school’s achievement rankings.
I had mad climbing, coordination and gymnastic skills but pretended to be allergic to my own sweat in gym class to avoid being asked to join any sports teams. And while other kids were working at the Cineplex, doling out popcorn and sodas, my part-time job was scaling buildings and stealing cars.MoreLess
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