Jake's POV
My prediction was right. The more they pushed, the more she resisted.
I had other offers. Good ones. Schools that wanted me. Schools I’d worked hard to get into. But none of them were Godolken. None of them had what Susan and I had planned for. None of them were my dream.
And through all this chaos, I kept lying.
To everyone.
To Mom and Dad, who thought I was going to Godolken. To Susan, who texted me almost every day, asking if I’d gotten my acceptance email yet, still excited about us meeting on campus.
I told her I got in.
I told her I was ready.
I told her we’d see each other soon.
And every time I texted her back, my gut twisted a little more. Because I knew the truth. I wasn’t accepted. I had faked my way into Victoria’s spot. I stole it—her only acceptance, her
