- 5.
Mom froze, eyes wide. “No way,” she muttered, replaying the accident in her head. “They were
in the same car. Jay–Jay’s fine. He couldn’t
have been that hurt.”
“I see right through his little game. He just
wants attention.”
“Both of you stop this nonsense! There’ll be hell
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to pay!”
The nurse sighed. “Director, I’m not lying. Go to
the morgue if you don’t believe me.”
Mom paced, agitated. “You think you can fool
me? You’ve got another thing coming!” She hung up before the nurse could speak.
Dad opened the bedroom door. “Olivia’s here.
Why are you yelling?”
Mom clutched her phone. “The nurse said
Jason’s dead. Could it be true?”
Dad scoffed. “Don’t be ridiculous. If it had been
that bad, that twisted kid would’ve used Jay-
Jay as a human shield. Jay–Jay’s fine.”
Olivia chimed in, “Jason’s tough. He’ll be fine.
He’s more likely to hurt someone else than get
hurt himself.”
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Ashley, munching on an orange, said, “Good
riddance. What’s there to worry about?”
I knew they favored Jason, but this… Didn’t
they know me at all? I’d never do something
that vile. I wouldn’t fake my own death for
attention.
Reassured, Mom regained her composure. “I’ll
go to the hospital first thing tomorrow and
expose their lies. If Jason’s not in the morgue,
I’ll break his legs. And that nurse is fired!”
As if mocking me, rain started falling. Their
words stung like slaps, but I couldn’t cry out.
They all wanted me dead.
