Bittersweet Candy Bowl

127. Line in the Sand, page posted 8/29/25

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Veronica: god james is such a nightmare lmao, do not fall in love with james everyone

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Comment ID #31496

I honestly don’t have a guess who’s talking in the last panel 😱

Peligrin

Comment ID #31497

Well now I’m super curious. Watching Mike spiral feels kinda vindicating?

Adam

Comment ID #31498

hey at least whoever it is has shocked the depression out of him!

SomeColourMage

Comment ID #31499

IS IT LUCY OR AUGUSTUS

Elisa

Comment ID #31500

That’s my guess too, yeah. Leaning more towards Lucy, since that makes the drama all the spicier. Plus it gives James a chance to recognize her from the arcade.

Alec

Comment ID #31501

My guess is Daisy since Mike has mentioned that Daisy recommends lots of artsy stuff to Mike all the time. Plus Daisy and James kind of know each other because she visits his workplace all the time for Paulo.

esinololly

Comment ID #31502

I think it’s perhaps Augustus, hearing them talk while approaching Mike for something (?) Or maybe Abby?, Lucy has no reason to approach them. Being badly burned twice by Mike, I really doubt she want to somehow talk to Mike about her nightmares :/ . Involving Lucy with Mike now is erasing all her progress in protecting her current mental state. I wonder though, what that line in the sand can be?

WitchDoll

Comment ID #31503

I’m going to cackle if it’s Augustus going straight for the jugular after Mike blew off his request. Beginning of this chapter even had Mike outside, during lunch, doing nothing but being on the phone with Sandy. He couldn’t do that *anywhere* else in the school? It’s not like he’s actually hanging out with James when he’s just lingering around on his phone.

AlisterTX

Comment ID #31504

Mike’s actually allowed to go where he wants, even if it’s just to talk on the phone

Alex Covey

Comment ID #31505

It’s not about being “allowed,” and you know that

Kauphy

Comment ID #31506

Absolutely, Mike is of course allowed to go anywhere he wants! And I’m absolutely allowed to think he’s a selfish hypocrite for it. What happened to Mike sobbing on the bleachers to Augustus about how regretful he was that there was nothing he could do to comfort Lucy and asking Augustus to look out for her? Here is Augustus looking out for her while telling Mike what relatively small concession he can do to help her, and here is Mike completely blowing it off.

AlisterTX