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Chapter 1
Violet
Falling
Falling
Falling
I’ into obliviousness, unsure where, when, and if I’ll ever land – for all I know there ht now I’ue that happened quite a long tio, back when I decided to run out in front of that car for the first time, just so I could calm down and focus on some emotions other than the ones connected to uoing off the deep end evenI kind of don’t want to at the ood, which doesn’t happen that often, if ever And lately … well, lately things have been cru around me
Take school, soood at, but not anyot a call fro to discuss , but it was still a kick in the stoe ‘Violet Hayes, we’re concerned about you and you lack of attendance’ The advisor had given ives ory past and start to pity me The look used to be rare, since I never told anyone aboutplastered all over the headlines and sometimes the news
Then there are the calls from Detective Stephner, always loaded with bad news about my parents’ murder case and my stalker It’s always the same: ‘We haven’t found Mira Price’ Mira Price is Luke Price’s (edly at‘And there’s still no sign of Danny Huntersonly’, the detective always adds Danny is the man I refer to as Preston, my once foster father who I used to think was the closest thing to a parent I’d ever had But not only did he encourage e for food and a roof over my head, he also made me do sexual favors for him I used to believe that I owed hih that clearly isn’t much better, it just makes me feel sick about myself and the stuff I did
Sick
Sick
Sick
Prestonto do with my parents’ murders, but that has yet to be determined A ‘fifty-fifty chance’ Either Preston is a murderer, or some sick freak with an obsession and photos of me from when I was a child, who knew s However this plays out it’s sickening andthe stuff I did with him, stuff I can’t erase nocan be erased in life Life is permanent, from the breath we take to the decisions we make And I’ve made some pretty shitty ones
‘Are you sure you want to stay?’ Luke asks , depressing thoughts andaroundthe floor, and I have a cup in my hand full of some sort of alcohol, blurry vision, and a numbed soul