For three years they called me a freak—and I stayed silent—until they touched my little sister in front of everyone, and the truth I buried finally came out and changed everything.

involved in the project. “Take this drive, climb up the eastern side of the concrete pillar where the spotlights can’t reach, and run toward the state highway behind the woods.”

“No, Alex! I’m not leaving you!” she screamed, her fingers wrapping around my wrists with a frantic, desperate strength that almost broke my heart. “If I leave you here, they’re continue reading …