Chapter 8It was like some kind of sick déjà vu. Just as things had been four years earlier, Ani returned to school feeling everyone’s eyes on her. Cam had never filled a seat at this particular school, but just as his seat was empty on that horrible day back in junior high, his space was empty again.
She and her mother had talked, and Francine seemed to understand the story. She almost seemed sympathetic towards Cam at times during the discussion, but Ani decided to tell her mother the whole truth about that Saturday night. She told her that Cam was in her bedroom when the fire was set, which left Francine with an even more unsavoury opinion of him as well as a thick distrust and disappointment with her daughter. As a result of Ani’s need to be honest about Cam, what they had done togethe
