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Texas stank.
That was the first clear thought Evan managed to hold onto as he stood alone in the front yard. It smelled awful here — like hot asphalt, gasoline, and something vaguely dead — and it was blisteringly hot, even though August was nearly gone. In London, the air by late August already turned mildly cold, the kind of cold that crept beneath your Shirt and reminded you summer was only ever a visitor. He couldn’t say he missed it. He couldn’t say he missed anything at all.
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After a tragic car accident, the Buckley family decided to move from London to El Paso, Texas, to get as far away from everything as possible. In the end, it was just Evan and his father who moved into the house, which was much too big for the two of them. Evan hated it. Or maybe not, he wasn't sure what he felt, if he felt anything at all. School was awful, except for one boy who sometimes made Evan's heart flutter a little and maybe even reminded him of feelings.