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In a small Texas town where the heat never leaves and the rules never change, three boys sit in detention for different reasons—but none of them should be there.
Cal’s been called “aggressive” since the fourth grade, blamed for things he didn’t do and punished for the way he looks before he even opens his mouth. Micah’s trying to stay invisible, hoping the bruises on the inside don’t show on the outside. Gabriel’s fists fly before his thoughts can catch up, but he’s never hit anyone who didn’t deserve it.
They don’t know each other. They’re not friends. But they share something quiet and dangerous: They’re tired.
Tired of hiding. Tired of shrinking. Tired of home not feeling like home.
So when everything goes too far—and Gabriel gets his hands on his father’s car keys—they do the only thing that makes sense. They leave. No plan. No goodbye. Just three boys, eighteen years old and full of broken pieces, trying to find out if there’s a version of themselves that survives past this town.