SANC

ailed our peaceful little city, I was almost a hundred percent sure tha

e table making my gaze jerk

her about going to a book club. I didn't know what Eve was up to at the party because I was catchi

ts. "Before you got with your boyfrien

outside, and if you know Raphael Batista, you'll know that he's bad news, which is why everyone avoids him in

who raped her and ultimately

or what he did to my sister... She didn't deserve any of those things that happe

wipe Into my hand that I gladly accepted

y only friend... She was the sister I never knew I needed and that monster" I choked out, then sho

tigation is still ongoing. We are going to get t

I am sure we are going to get the perpetrator who made your sister kill her

aid, wiping at a lone te

epped out, I met Miguel who was

s up" I hissed

aught in the cross-fire. Raphael was going to go down for everything and th

**

as I hoped he would, and both of us had been cleared since we were both each other alibi

ully proved my admission of being with Miguel all night. I was sure the cops would assu

ad and that she'd committed suicide, he'd even stared at me and my mom with such blatant accusations in his eyes, that I almost thought he knew something that I didn't. But there was nothin

e door banged open, and then

tion she'd been dying to a

th the door locked behind us. I crossed my arms, waiting for her to ask whatever question she

move I made. "It might already even be in the news. His parents are throwi

hrough everything, so I just shrugged. "What

d her around and took pictures. He took pictures o

nsane amount to confess to a crime he did not commit,

aking me choke on my spit. "I mean I knew you were plan

g said I mu

, it is written all over your face even as we speak" she said and when I sa

ere faster than mine. "Why the hell did you go

e said then slammed the phone down on the table. "Do you have a

s talking about how you wanted to get rid of her

m just saying that this was reckless. If you'd gotten caught

come to worst, I'd be sent to juvi

alk or do I have to

reatened to go to the cops and I knew if she did ther

o her?" She asked, and

of her," I said then whirled to face my Mom. "That was all I was going to do but then she started running her

it didn't look like I was going to get into any major

f technology at the cop's disposable these days it won't take

a week now. There's no way

out this?" She asked,

I have some dirt on him that could get him in trouble if he ever tells a soul about what happened,

mouth we are both done. We are going to jail and we might

ouldn't have found it" I yelled indignantly. Mom didn't know, but I'd kept the

e ever gets their hands on it, it will be over for us.

t as a reminder that I won against that bitch" I said, grinning at the cracked scr