39 Jennifer “Okay. Just lie on the couch, and I’ll see if Piper and Blaire have emergency ice cream,” Annie said, depositing me in the living room. I flopped back onto the couch. Tears still leaked down my cheeks. I hadn’t been able to stop crying since Annie had picked me up. Yes, I’d stood up for myself. Yes, I’d done the right thing. But now, I felt terrible. My heart had been flattened. Shattered. Thrown on the ground and stomped on. Everything was too much, too fast, and I couldn’t make it stop. The ice cream Annie was looking for wouldn’t do a damn thing to make this better. I popped a full Xanax instead. Maybe I could drift away into oblivion and not have to think about it. “Pipes, some help!” Annie called as Piper stepped into the room with wide eyes. “What is happening?” Pip

