Owen tells him to keep it a secret, but Lydia sees him. AJ goes into her bedroom and finds Owen in the tent. Lydia arrives with AJ because she needs someone to watch him overnight. He begins to tell her why he stood her up, but a knock at the door cuts him off. She tells Owen to confess first, and he tells her he has only three phone numbers in his phone. With the mesh screen zipped in the middle, Auburn notes it’s like a confessional. She chooses a child’s tent, and they set it up in her apartment. They shop for groceries, and he tells her to get herself a birthday present. Owen agrees, and Auburn reluctantly agrees too. Emory suggests that Auburn and Owen spend the weekend together. They go to the salon, and Emory, Auburn’s roommate, gets Owen to admit that he’s moving on Monday. Owen then tells her she has to fix his hair. As she tries to leave, she hears Owen and his father arguing. She wakes the next morning in Owen’s bed, fully dressed, with a hangover. She’s drunk, so she makes a lot of mistakes. She takes him to the salon where she works to cut his hair. Lydia, Adam’s mother, who takes care of Auburn and Adam’s son, AJ, stands her up, so she goes to Harrison’s bar and gets drunk. Three weeks later, Auburn is at a restaurant on her birthday. They make plans for the following night, but Owen stands her up. At her apartment, Owen sees a painting Adam painted for her. They look at the confessions together, and she leaves one in the box. Auburn wants to learn more about the confessions and his art, so they go back to his studio. Owen remembers Auburn from somewhere and thinks seeing her again feels like fate. Afterward, he brings her to the bar where his best friend Harrison works and then walks her home. He hires her to work during the opening scheduled that evening. She learns that the anonymous confessions outside are the inspiration for his paintings.

There is immediate chemistry between them. Auburn knocks on the door and Owen, the artist, opens it and invites her inside. She comes across a help-wanted sign at an art studio, and many confessions are posted next to it.

She needs a lawyer but can’t afford one and acknowledges she’ll need a second job. The narrative jumps forward and Auburn is now 20, alone and miserable in Dallas. They express their eternal love for each other before Trey, Adam’s brother, pulls her away so she’ll make her flight back to Portland. She is at the hospital in Dallas to say goodbye to her boyfriend and first love, Adam, who is dying from cancer. The book opens when the protagonist, Auburn, is 16 years old. This guide also quotes and obscures the use of the F-word. This guide refers to the 2015 Atria Books edition of Confess.Ĭontent Warning: Confess contains scenes portraying addiction, sexual assault, and domestic violence.

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