In the small town of Hamptonville, an affluent community ruled by old money on the outskirts of New York City, the school year is coming to an end. Summer romance and adventure are beginning to blossom. This town is home to bad boys and sad girls, t...
Madison Clark was unsure about Hamptonville when she first moved there. She could not seek comfort in the massive house, drafty and full of boxes, or the endless front lawn, where the driveway was lined with moving trucks. Everywhere she looked, the newness of the situation mocked her. She missed Manhattan and the small apartment she shared with her mother. They could sit and talk on the fire escape for hours, watching the traffic rush by in the big city. There was no rush in Hamptonville.
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When Madison's mother met and married Bill, her life was uprooted. Suddenly, there was a third person in their family. This meant selling their apartment, the only place Madison had ever called home and moving to a small town to start a new life.
They had bought a big mansion so that Bill could be closer to work. He was vice president of a company called Dulcis Addicta Spirits, which sold liquor. The company's headquarters were apparently located in Hamptonville, just outside of New York City.
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The idea of moving schools in the spring of her senior year terrified Madison. The students at Hamptonville High came from wealthy families. She felt strangely isolated in her second-hand jeans. The only social interactions she had had were short pleasantries with a girl named Lolita in English class and a smile from a girl with doll-like blue eyes in the hallway. Aside from that, she felt uncomfortably alone.
As Madison strolled across the lawn of her new home, she felt herself daydreaming of the pizza shop stationed across the street from her apartment back in New York.
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