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Dakota Madison
New Adult Romance
Date Published: 11/28/2013
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"Don't be someone who defines her life by someone else's
death."
Dee
Dee DeMarco's brother, Alex, was funny, free-spirited and
creative. He was also gay. Tormented by bullies, Alex killed
himself on his 15th birthday.
Two
years later, and now in college, Dee Dee believes getting
a summer job working with a college-prep program for
disadvantaged high school students is a stroke of luck, until she
discovers that the guy assigned to co-lead her group is Cameron
Connelly, a star basketball player and one of the bullies who
tormented her brother to death. How can Dee Dee possibly
spend the entire summer working so closely with one of the boys
she blames for her brother's death?
EXCERPT
I
could feel my heartbeat quicken as I entered the auditorium. The
kids were talking and messing around as they waited for the class
to begin. The other counselors, with the exception of Cameron,
were also seated in the audience with the kids. Cameron was
standing at the podium with Dr. Jones.
When Cameron saw me walk in, he winked at me. I
didn't know whether to slap him or hug him. Therein was the
problem.
Dr.
Jones waved her arms to get everyone's attention. "Quiet
everyone. We have a special presentation today. Cameron is
going to talk to you about bullying and how it impacted his life."</
span>
"Who would bully him?" one of the kids cracked and the
other kids laughed.
"Enough," Dr. Jones reprimanded. "I expect you to give
Cameron your attention and utmost respect."
Cameron took the podium. "Thank you, Dr. Jones. I'm here
today to talk about bullying. Not because I was bullied when I
was your age but because I was a bully. And it ruined my life."</
span>
When I looked out over the sea of faces, all eyes were
trained on Cameron.
"I
thought I had everything. I was one of the school's first string
basketball players. We were all-state champions. I already had a
full basketball scholarship to Penn State. I was popular. I had tons
of friends. I could get a date with any girl in the school. And I lost
it all."
Dakota Madison
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