Mum dropped me off at school in her deadbeat minivan. I got inside the building, clutching my cardigan. I caught a mild cold last night. I'm not sure if it's from the incessant crying I did last night or from the chilly air that wafted in through my window all through the night.
I met April on her way to her first class. She saw me and ran to me, pulling me into a suffocating hug.
“Girl, what the hell? Where did you disappear to yesterday?”
“I…”
She didn't let me finish. “What happened to your phone? I sent a million messages. You don't know how worried I was.”
“I'm sorry…”
“I only got to calm down when my Dad called your Mum and she said you were spending the night in her house.”
“He did what?”
“He called your Mum.” She repeated innocently, and then paused, noticing the shock I
