Justice
“But everyone knew the real reason. Nobody could concentrate on anything except the news. Rumors circulated and everyone had a different opinion. As for me, I spoke little and revealed nothing. When the dismissal bell rang, I gathered my books and left the campus without joining the fracas of the spin doctors.
Melissa was at a friend’s house so I went straight home. The place was eerily quiet. Maybe it was in contrast to the buzz of the school. My ears were ringing, my head was throbbing. I scoo...ped up a handful of textbooks from my backpack and went up to my room.
Chris was on my bed.
Immediately, I retreated, taking several giant steps backward until I banged into the corner of my desk, dropping several of the textbooks I’d been clutching. They fell with a crash on my hardwood floor, one bouncing off my toe. I felt pain but didn’t react. Because I couldn’t move.
“You’ve got a good deadbolt on your back door,” he said. “Actually took me some work. I just picked it. I didn’t break it.”MoreLess
Melissa was at a friend’s house so I went straight home. The place was eerily quiet. Maybe it was in contrast to the buzz of the school. My ears were ringing, my head was throbbing. I scoo...ped up a handful of textbooks from my backpack and went up to my room.
Chris was on my bed.
Immediately, I retreated, taking several giant steps backward until I banged into the corner of my desk, dropping several of the textbooks I’d been clutching. They fell with a crash on my hardwood floor, one bouncing off my toe. I felt pain but didn’t react. Because I couldn’t move.
“You’ve got a good deadbolt on your back door,” he said. “Actually took me some work. I just picked it. I didn’t break it.”MoreLess
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