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Prologue:
Sarah felt herself go nuripped the phone, her knuckles going white The knot in her throat was unbearable
“Sarah, are you still there?”
In an almost inaudible whimper Sarah answered, “Ah huh”
“I know this is hard honey, but it’s not the end of the world We talked about this already, and you kneas a possibility I tried, Sarah I really did But there’s no way around it We’ve gone over all the other possibilities, but anything else is too much of a risk It’s for the best”
“But, senior year …” Sarah felt the anger building, and the tears burning in her eyes She was ready to blow up, lash out Then she heard her ain Her voice choked up as well
“I know, honey I’s up this time”
Herdeep breath and it broke Sarah’s heart She wanted to be with her, to hug her, and comfort her
“It’s okay, mom I’ll be fine”
Hervery deter to make this up to you I promise, okay?”
“Okay”
“I’ve already called Aunt Norma She and Uncle William will be here this weekend They wanna help us pack so you and I will have tiether Then I’ll have to be in court on Monday”
Sarah gasped “Monday?”
“Yeah, babe, Monday”
Sarah covered half her face with her free hand and shook her head Not wanting to make her mom feel any worse, she choked back a sob
“Alright, mom,” she whispered
“I’onna be here a while, honey, so don’t wait up for me We’ll talk more about this tomorrow”
She hung up and looked at her best friend Sydney who’d been sitting on the bed next to her the whole time Sydney stared at her anxiously
“She’s pleading guilty and gonna do at least three years I have to go live withfront but Sarah fell into his ar
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