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"He didn’t bite etting out of control I told Ezra not to go That everything is different this tiht now, Alice" The car suddenly jerked to a stop, and I realized ere in front of hts that I hadn’t even noticed it "You need to go home, and Ezra or Jack or somebody will be in contact with you tomorrow"

"How did you knohere I lived?" I looked over at Mae, but she just stared straight ahead

"I have to get hoht hurt hio!" Mae pleaded "We’ll talk to you too!" I ju Jack wouldn’t do so stupid

Everything about me felt so confused and jumbled, and I collapsed onto the cold sidewalk and sobbed

One hot bath, two pm Tylenol, and a hot tea and brandy (courtesy of Milo and ed to fall asleep Milo saw the wreck I hen I came home, and I promised him that I would tell hith to do it then

When I woke up,in ht long, but thankfully, he couldn’t understand anything

I stumbled around the house most of the day, and I’m surprised that I didn’t bu felt like a massive chore

I put on comfy sweats and a tee shirt and didn’t even bother with showering It would be too much work, and I didn’t even know if I’d see Jack or Peter today There was a very good chance that I’d never see either of theain Peter had run away, and Jack…

"Alice, I don’t think you should go over there any at me I had curled up in a ball and stared blankly at the TV withco to you, but it can’t be good"

"You should see what I do to them," I mumbled

"What?" His brown eyes were filled with concern, so I just looked away fro"

"Alice, I’ on, and normally, I’d cave under it, but I was too nu I just pulled the blanket up over my head so I wouldn’t have to look at him

Eventually, he walked away, and I stayed buried underneath the covers The horrible truth was that I didn’t really want to be alive anyht had devastatedand it hurt, and I couldn’t shake the feeling that this was all some kind of bad dream