“You are joking.” I said to Ashton intensely.
“Swear to god and if you hadn’t skipped last period you would know the cops were there.” I sighed at Ashton’s eyes, which were sparkling in excitement; I conversely didn’t feel excited by the idea of police involvement we after all avoided it like the plague.
“So how much is fact and how much is just gossip?” I asked raising an eyebrow.
“Well the main thing is true Helen’s been found dead.” He said grimly. I grimaced as unaffected as I maybe by that Darius wouldn’t like it and the last thing wanted was for him to have an excuse to send Derek around to ‘keep an eye on me’.
“Did the police give any details?”
“That’s sick.” He winced at me.
“No I mean.”
“What is everyone’s grim f*****g obsession with death?” He cringed. “I bet it’s all anyo
