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“Everly, I’m so sorry, sweetie, but you have to believe me It was an accident I would never…I never…”

I glanced at the bottle on her bedside table It was half full

“You’re lying,” I spat “You’re lying to me I’m not Isaac I’m not some little kid ill just believe whatever you tell rabbed the bottle off her table and held it up high “Since when do you take sleeping pills? Since when do you…since when do you take a few too many?” But I could barely finish ht, so full of e on it

What is happening to my family?

“Don’t tell anyone,” she said, her voice breaking “Please, no one can know”

So I was the kid here Me Seventeen years old Since when didme not to tell on her? When did that happen?

“Everly, please…”

“Why?” That knot in my throat loosened up, and suddenly the tidal wave inside rolled over and over until

there was no stopping it “Why are we hiding? Why are we pretending that everything is freaking A-OK in this house?” I took a step back “Jesus, it’s exhausting!”

My uess she should be I’d never spoken to her like this before, but then again, I’d never scraped her up off the floor either

“Everly” Her voice was stronger now “I’ve already told you that it was an accident I…I had trouble sleeping last night—”

“Trouble sleeping? Since when? Since Dad started sleeping in his office?”

Again, my mom looked shocked, which was ridiculous What kind of bubble was she living in? Didn’t she think I’d notice the blankets and pillow in his office?

“Your father and I are having a rough patch, but we’re working things out”

Her face was blank She’d found the ht, and she was firmly back in her camp of denial