“You will?” my eyes light up at the prospects of new books.
“Hm. I’ll buy you all the Nancy drew books. “
“I already have all of them.”
“Okay, well, you can pick something,” Mom says as she strokes my cheek.
“Sweet!” They both smile and kiss before leaving my room. I collapse on my bed, happy that I won’t ever have to see Collin again. I wish I could help Cole, but I don’t know how to help him. Maybe he can live with us. I doze off peacefully, thinking of a way to save Cole and also what I’ll buy at the bookstore tomorrow. But I never got to go to the bookstore with my parents because they died in the fire that night.
Four months later.
It’s been four months since I woke up in the hospital with Cole at my bedside and learned of my parent’s death. I still can’t remember
