RO

ng within the walls. I covered my ears with my hand, tears slipping

move from the s

ad, churning my stomach. But I preferred it over going out. I had to wait until the school

ually my tears dried. I placed my head agains

iends. It was foolish of me to even consider him as

y eyes burned. It was so bad and slowly my eyes tu

wning in rotten cakes. My heart r

I was in the closet. Then reality crept in, aching my

from outside. I waited for another m

epped out, panic kicked

such an extended period? I had completely forgotten to prep

d. Luckily, the fence wasn't too high, but climbing

y. I could only hope that Father had remained out late today. This w

Don't think anything stupid!' I reminded

eg on the ledge, it creaked under my weight, and I prayed hard so it wo

crossed my leg to the other side. My pants caught in the

the floor, scraping my elbow in the process. Not only w

ht. I was nervous as hell because I k

ould I be

d coming from inside. Papa would still be outside. There

epped inside. Mama and Ethan wer

was difficult for him to spe

eyes away from him as soon as he saw that he couldn't be the child he wanted. His attitude towards mama also

bringing me back to reality. Her e

go?" My elder step-sister, Elena barke

o anywhere.

if you just came home early." She was angry. At me, of cou

eard my fathers voice and I froze.

grabbed my hair and dragg

" I screamed but he o

ce a boy in school and left with

I sobbed but p

all repeatedly until everythi

a fucking whore" he sp

d of his buckle

ed what had happened in school and I even felt more pain. When Da

coming from. I don't want yo

to go this late?" Mum

. "She can go to hell! I

orn and broken, and Elena only

on. Who are you to even have feelings for anyone? Damon is now with Becky, but so

lled but I wasn't

oo but with the last ounce of streng

t about how my lif

er, Lord? What did I ever do to make everyone hate

rsed loudly as I kept running. I climbed the fence to the school just as I had ini

missed a step and I tried my best

mething hard and my m

creams, they were fading. The fla

shed before my eyes. Her

ers... If I survived this,

I embarrass

. About mustering my courag

indness. Waited for someone to cho

ey neve

t it would explode. Everything

move, but

could, I wouldn't beg. I wouldn't

would never let any

r chance, I wouldn't

faded, going far away from me

-

PERS

ADQUARTER, NEW

s he moved through the people who

frantically. "Savanna

t explosion. If Savanna didn't make it out with the others, then

he best they

an in that direction. Lena was not far behind, going

unter hoped that it had just been anothe

his hopes dipped. "The necklace" Lena

d to Savanna. Ever since he knew her, she always

ropped to her knees, grievi

" Hunter muttered and m

ss and he had been away wh

na was dead. He would be fur

a huge problem for

-

BRONX, MOTT H

ned on the bed. Her mother was stil

pass out. The tears wouldn't come no matter ho

e something but she watched Veronica

us body. He knew what happened. He knew sh

pped it. He wished h

to her. But she was even more surprised when she saw Vero