Seven Days in June

At coffee with Cece and mutual friend and poet extraordinaire Belinda, Eva admits that she knows Shane Hall and has been keeping their past a secret. Eva has never shared much about her past, and her friends are shocked, though they could sense the passion in Eva and Shane’s interaction at the panel. Eva doesn’t know if what she and Shane had was real or if she imagined it, and her friends suggest there is only one way to find out—spend some time with him.

Later, Eva meets with Sidney Grace, the Cursed producer, and a potential director Dani Acosta. Eva is desperate to get the right A-list director to continue a successful franchise. Dani seems like the perfect fit, and they start to discuss details. However, Dani suggests they cast white actors instead of Black so it can be better marketed, which makes Eva doubt that Dani is the right fit; though they are fantasy characters, their Black identities are central to the series. However, Eva doesn’t say anything after her agent says these are details to be ironed out later.

Eva then goes to her parent-teacher conference for Audre at Cheshire Prep. Audre has always been a model student, and Eva feels very proud as she strolls into the school. However, once Eva is with Audre in the office of headmaster Bridget O’Brien, Bridget tells Eva that Audre has been suspended. Shocked, Eva looks at her daughter; Audre is wearing Eva’s cameo ring and looks like she’s been crying.

Bridget explains the suspension is due to a screenshot from one of Audre’s Snapchat counseling sessions that circulated in the school. Audre’s “client” was Clementine Logan, whose mother is the dean of students. Clementine confided about her mother cheating with the English teacher, and the Snapchat—a weeping Clementine—had a cheeky caption about the affair. Audre has detention for a week, and the honors board may not allow her back to the school next year. However, Bridget says that if Eva can find a new English teacher, then this will help bury the scandal, and Audre will be welcomed back.

After the meeting, Audre and Eva get in a fight. Eva is upset about her daughter’s actions, and Audre accuses her of being inhuman and impossible to please. Angered, Eva responds that Audre takes all her energy and there is none for anyone else. Before she leaves, Eva takes the cameo ring from Audre’s hand. However, now she needs to find an English teacher, and she texts Shane, who has been sending her texts begging her to see him.

Now that he is sober, Shane has taken up running. He runs long and hard, trying to escape the past. He knows he was the one to destroy Eva, but when he met her, she changed the very substance of his life. Since then, he’s been trying to iron out his life, and he wrote his first book to help himself understand some of his “jagged edges.” But writing isn’t the solution. If it were, he would be writing now, and his life would look much different. Rechecking his phone, he sees that Ty has texted him. Shane calls him and finds out that Ty has been going to the planetarium and that there is a girl he likes. Ty asks how to know when you really have feelings for a girl, and Shane responds that when it’s “real,” you’ll know. Shane isn’t sure if he will see Eva again after she ran out of the diner.

The narrative jumps back to 2004, after Shane and Genevieve left the hospital. They’re now at a mansion for which Shane knew the security code. He’s glad that Genevieve doesn’t ask how he knew it, since it involves his drug dealing. The mansion belongs to the wealthy Annabelle, who is the daughter of a Korean ambassador, and because their family is often in Seoul, the mansion is usually vacant. Shane is Annabelle’s drug dealer, and she’s invited him to stay at the mansion whenever he likes.

After finding a bedroom—which harbors a massive stash of illicit substances—the pair fall into a deep sleep together, clinging to each other. While they are sleeping, Annabelle comes home looking for Shane, who texted her to tell her he would be using the mansion. She’s shocked to find them both in her bed, but she feels compassionate when she sees their matching black eyes. Although a bit jealous (since she and Shane would occasionally sleep together), she fetches two bags of frozen peas to use as ice packs for their black eyes. She also leaves a bottle of vodka, which Shane likes to wake up to.

They sleep for 13 hours. When Shane wakes up, his tremors let him know he needs a drink, but he snuggles Genevieve closer before he does, shocked at how quickly this girl has become so important to him. When she awakes, Shane drinks his vodka, finally relaxing. Genevieve’s phone rings a few times, and Shane sees the name Lizette flash across the screen. Overwhelmed, Genevieve rushes to the bathroom, explaining she needs a minute. Shane knows she is cutting and asks if he can sit on the other side of the door so she isn’t alone, and Genevieve agrees. Trying to talk to her, he suggests the game Twenty Questions. After a few innocent questions about her family, he asks why she cuts. Genevieve explains that she goes into a “daze” and then is relieved after. Shane explains that is what it is like when he breaks his arm. Finally, she comes out, only a band-aid on her arm, evidence of what happened. She suggests they go to the pool and get high.