NOBODY FROM MY FAMILY CAME TO MY GRADUATION

my number.

My mom’s eyes went wide. “Jolene, you didn’t – ?”

“No. I didn’t.”

The room got very quiet. Curtis set down his beer. Garrett took a step back like the floor was tilting.

I looked at Tamsin. She was still holding the phone up, but her hand had started to shake. And her expression – it wasn’t confusion. It wasn’t guilt.

It was fear.

I turned to continue reading …