"Mrs Taraha has been asking about you in class, every day she'll ask me if you're alright. She's worried about you..." Kennedy said as we walked through the grocery store with Jayden. "Actually, all the teachers have been asking. Mr McKay and Professor Gibson ask for weekly updates on how you're doing. Even professor Purkins has asked me if you're alright. "Purkins?" I scoffed. Purkins with the angry eyes and the thin brown hair? Worried? About me? Professor Purkins who pulled me aside that one time to lecture me about falling asleep in class. I snorted. That grumpy man wouldn't worry about me if he saw me bleeding out on the sidewalk. "Sure he did..." I snorted. "I'm serious. Everyone seems genuinely worried about you. They're wondering why you quit all of a sudden." "What have you

