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By the ti up over the trees behind out house, and our five am sprinklers were up and at ’ee as he could and cut the engine Souy was about to belt out the line about his cheating wife, the song was gone
Kind of ironic, if you ask me
And there it was The big silence that I’d been dreading since we left the hospital This silence was different froe This silence was full of heavy, dark things that would hurt, and as angry as I ith hiht now
Maybe it was because I needed to believe that my father wasn’t about to rip our faer Or maybe it was because I was just too tired
He cleared his throat, so I knew that I had maybe two seconds
“I’ the door and practically throwing myself out of the car Like literally If not for e of the door panel, I would have fallen on my butt As it was, the seaet away from him
“Get soet back from service”
The tears were already starting, so I didn’t look back I ran across the wet grass and up the steps of the porch and didn’t stop until I fell into bed Until I grabbedout And there was a lot to get out
I cried for Trevor, because I kneas freaking out I cried for the fear and pain I’d seen in his parents’ eyes I cried fortheir way I even cried for ht I hated him, I didn’t If I hated him, I wouldn’t hurt so much
But most of all, I cried for myself, because…well, just because I had a year of stuff inside me, and it seemed like the only way to let it out was to soak o, and my eyes were still puffy Not even slices of cucumber had been able to make them look better
I was in ed on some clothes My cell buzzed for, like, the twentieth time in the last half an hour Hales had sent a ton of textto co on She knew about Trevor, of course They’d had to take a cab frorab Link’s truck But she also knew that soh to threaten me Even if there was no way she could take me down
Hales: I will beat the crap out of you unless you spill
Me: I’d like to see you try Also I’m fine
Hales: Okay I won’t beat you up, but call me asap I’m worried
I heard a car door slaers I scooped it up and typed a quick reply