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Maggie stor for her, probably with another list of rules, but she went straight to her room and slammed the door there, too As she had been warned Grandma had removed the speakers fro over the edge of the desk - instead of unplugging them properly, Grandie howled in rage and tore open her desk drawer looking for her headphones

If she didn&039;t get so to explode It was that sinored it She found her headphones and shoved theh to hurt Sat down at her desk and booted up her co and new friend requests on Facebook but she didn&039;t want to talk to anybody - she needed to be alone, more than she ever had before in her life

Grandie found the track she was looking for, an old cut of thrash ed the volued into her head, driving everything else out, filling her up with darkness, somebody else&039;s darkness, anybody&039;s darkness but her own

It was good It was pure It didn&039;t hurt anybody

And then as soon as it had begun it stopped Maggie whirled around in her chair and found Grandlasses She held the ear phones in her hands and as Maggie watched she pulled them apart until the plastic insulation split and the wire inside tore

"I thought I made myself clear," Grandht now," Maggie said She would try to be reasonable She would try to talk Grandoing to be hard

"You s I do," Grandie could see the old woman was about to launch into a whole speech Probably about how she kneas best for Maggie, and that was all she wanted How all the horrible effed-up things she did were really just gestures of love

I hate you I hate you, you miserable old dried-up piece of -

"I&039;d like your help," Grandie realized she&039;d ht ball of heat and fury was turning and turning inside her brain and it had blacked out the whole thing "Brent still has a chance at a nor to be eneie said, and jumped up from her chair She ran to the kitchen and the rack where they kept the car keys They were ie spun around and saw Grandht hand On her left hand, she&039;d already turned her engage around so the diaie said She had promised she would try to work this out calmly and rationally The problem was she wasn&039;t calm or rational inside It was really, really hard to fake it on her face "I have just had the worst day of ht to that!"

"There&039;s a difference between a right and a privilege Your generation always has had trouble knohere the line is"

"Please give ie lowered her head and stared at the floor If she had to look at Grandht now I need the car, and I&039; to have those keys in a second One way or another"

"Is that a threat, little girl?" Grandma asked She was so close, suddenly Well within arrab the keys out of her hand

Instead Grandie shrieked She reached one hand up to her cheek and felt the heat there Grandma had finally hit her with the diamond, just like she&039;d always threatened to do

Heat and light filled up her brain

I could kill you It would be so easy

Instead she grabbed the car keys Grandie squeezed until the keys came loose, and then she ran for the door