"More than a stunning debut. It is the announcement of a bold new literary voice"
—Stephen Chbosky, author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower

I’m sorry that you thought I was ignoring you. I love you, and we are great friends. It is sad that I lost such a great friend. I am sorry that I wasn’t able to forgive the mistakes that you had made. You made some very serious mistakes in the past, but I have to forget the past and live in the present. The past does not define one, but the present does. I need to forget what happened, and I need to start over. You are a great person now, but it seems to be hard for the both of us to repair the bullet wounds that were made. Without you, my life has been so much different. It has been hard to bear a smile without you. I think that we both need each other, but it is too hard to see past the mistakes we made. You were my best friend, and we did everything together. I now have no one. I don’t have anyone to do anything with anymore. I miss you, and I want you to come back.