Except as permitted under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the author. First Electronic Edition: May 2014 First Paperback Edition: May 2014 For Porter CHAPTER ONE Sandy “San. Sandy, wake up.” I cringed at the incessant knocking on my bedroom window. Jason’s voice was muffled through the glass, but I knew it was him before I opened my eyes. “Go away.” “She wrote me back.” At that, my eyes popped open. I threw my comforter aside, taking a second to make sure I was semi-decent. My tight, brown tank top matched my eyes, a light caramel color that clashed almost comically with my yellow and blue polka-dotted bikini bottoms. I barely had time to twist the lock on my window before Jason was lifting the pane.