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Penny looks down at her phone “We better get going too My dad says he’ll be ho her It rather sickensto s half of her face No, I definitely wouldn’t want hi lips

I leave Penny and Aaron to suck face

Walking ho my house in a mad dash Please God, don’t tellhi as I can stand the cold, debating whether or not I want to broach the topic with , I decide I’d rather not know I don’t want that sort of thing hanging over uilt o

f not knohat to do with the information would be too much to shoulder As I said before, Penny has the perfect everything

I debate sitting on the porch for a e and shiver The quicker I get inside, the better When I get inside the door, ather up s quickly to hop in the shower so I don’t have to face her yet I hope that by the ti Mr Thursday, possibly anyway

Chapter 4

I was able to escape ht Shortly after I hopped in the shower, she cracked the door open to the bathrooo for a drink with Carla Of course she was She had been paid She had booze money I wouldn’t call her an alcoholic, but she likes to have a good time I was dead asleep whenever she found her way hoet ready for school Shi into ue I don’t want to wake my mom I know it’s horrible of me, but I try to avoid her at all costs if I can

I go to fix my usual bowl of cereal and there isn’t any allon left yesterday Checking rab a chicken biscuit fro e to Becks to let hio on without me, when my phone buzzes

It’s Becks “Hey,” I ansondering why he is calling me so early

“I have a dentist appoint in late I don’t know if I’ll be at lunch” Becks is supposed to be getting his braces off soon He has had theh school, so I know he is excited to have them come off

“Okay cool Catch ya later”

Closing the door quietly, I lock it behind s as she salts her sidewalk and steps Taking ht around my ears and pullfeel this h et to the street I noro the opposite direction to the Grab ‘N Go

Once inside, I splurge on an orange juice to go with my chicken biscuit They don’t really have much of a selection to choose from, but they have fantastic biscuits It’s really war the rest of the way to school I grab a seat in one of the booths designated for those who are dining in I pull ive them a once over Mr Lowe is notorious for Friday pop quizzes

I can feel eyes on me, and I look up fro across fro

“Hi,” I say to her, as I look for an adult to come claim her