***Clarissa*** I frantically pounded on the door. "Betty, it's me. Please open up!" I called out, more like sobbed. I couldn't believe how Brandon talked to me the other day. He was so cold and distant, the complete opposite of what he had been for the last few months. How did it all change, or better yet, why? And the way he told me to leave, I had to go to my parents' place, which is something I didn't want to do. I didn't want to hear their lectures about how I have been acting and clinging to Brandon. Mom keeps telling me that my behavior is wrong, that I shouldn't be interfering in Brandon's life, She was always all about Jake; she thought he hung the moon and was the greatest mate ever, Which he was till he found out a little secret his mother was hiding, and he changed. I knew Be

