Summary

In Chapter 3, Autumn thinks about how important dancing is to her as Asha ends the conversation and walks away from her. She believes dance is the only thing that holds her together, that everyone will eventually walk away from her. In her hand is a key chain with a Venetian mask given to her by her mother and a silver ballet shoe. As Claire begins to concentrate more on her running, she stops thinking about her problems. She feels like the track team is where she belongs.

After Tomas’ search of Ty’s file brings up nothing, Fareed suggests they skip the rest of the day. Tomas does not want to skip, or get into too much trouble, even though he cherishes his title as the school’s bad boy. He does not want his mother to remember him only as being a...