Chapter 53
CAPTAIN’S LOG // AUGUST THORN
TREK NOTES
I’m up early, down at the waterfall, trying to get my head on straight before I have to be around humans again. Yesterday was the messiest day I’ve ever had out here.
Matteo’s a problem. Coleaders are meant to help, not make things worse. And am I really at the point where I’m nostalgic for the days where Joshua and Zoe were making out all the time instead of the catastrophic implosion they’ve become?
FOR DAD
Saw a white-headed woodpecker on one of the sugar pines lining the cliff.
Dad would have loved it—they’re one of his favorites.
I’ve never related to a bird more than I do right now…
kind of feel like bashing my head against a tree and hoping I feel satisfied afterward.
Unfortunately, that would probably just make my headache worse.