thank you for respecting the hard work of this author contents _______________________________________________ chapter one chapter two chapter three chapter four chapter five chapter six chapter seven chapter eight chapter nine chapter ten chapter eleven chapter twelve chapter thirteen chapter fourteen chapter fifteen chapter sixteen chapter seventeen chapter eighteen chapter nineteen chapter twenty chapter twenty-one chapter twenty-two chapter twenty-three chapter twenty four chapter twenty-five chapter twenty-six for ryan chapter one : stories ( vanessa ) having my back turned toward the empty parking lot as i lock up the dance studio is slightly unnerving .