MikaelaErin throws her cellphone at me, a number already dialed is flashing onto the screen. “Talk to them, Mikaela. You have to.”
My heart is physically aching from the weight of what just happened. I am paralysed in fear and anger at both sides of this. I whisper towards my roommate as I hold my hand over the speaker of the phone, “No Erin, I can’t. I can’t do this. I can’t. You don’t understand.”
The waiting music plays over our conversation, giving me an opportunity to back out of this. I look down at the phone at the red button. If I hang up, this could be the end of the question. If I stay on the line, I will doom not only Colton, but also Maddie, to a life of pain and suffering. Despite everything Erin and I both know to be true, I can’t make this decision now -- not after what j
