Chapter 9The next morning I woke up and looked at my phone. It was almost dead, and it was seven A.M.
“s**t!” I said, jumping up. “I’ve got school!”
Morgan stirred on the couch. “I can take you,” she mumbled.
“I have to stop by my house first and change clothes,” I said frantically. How could I have forgotten?
I was so tired, but Morgan drove me home and I changed, ignoring the ranting lecture by my mom who was getting ready for work, and ran back out the door.
Of course I told no one about what had happened the night before. I felt in a daze all day, almost nodding off to sleep several times.
That night I had to work without Morgan. This was the only job I’d ever had, but I already felt like being a cashier was the most boring job on the planet. At our small store, sometimes there w
