Chapter 3
Buzz. Buzz. I cracked open an eye. What was that?
Whatever it was, I was going to kill it, no questions asked. I rolled over and looked at the clock. Seven a.m. On… today was Monday, right? Shoot, school! I popped up in bed and made a wild grab for my phone to shut off the alarm. It wasn’t on the bed stand. It took a moment to register, but I hadn’t had it with me on Thursday because I hadn’t wanted Nina or Dan calling me while I was out with Wade. I’d left it here. Somewhere.
I followed the charger under the bed and pulled out my phone. It was just a cheap slide phone, but none of the other families I’d stayed with had let me have a phone at all, so I was happy. I crawled out from under the bed and turned off the alarm. The screen lit up. The only notification was one new tex
