Murdered at 17 by Christine Conradt

Author:Christine Conradt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2018-05-06T16:00:00+00:00

Sixteen

Sordid Details

What have I done? Brooke sobbed as she gripped the steering wheel, winding through the empty streets. I murdered someone. I killed my best friend! Not only that, now she’d left the scene of the crime. Is this what an innocent person would’ve done? Or would they have stayed and waited for the police to show up?

I’m a horrible person and I don’t deserve to live. She pushed the thought away, only to have a new one seep in. Maddie’s gone. She’s gone! Forever! I’m never going to see my best friend again!

The tears were coming so fast, Brooke could barely see. Overcome with emotion, she turned into an empty parking lot and slammed down on the brakes. She pitched forward as the car stopped, and Brooke realized she hadn’t even put on her seat belt.

Shoving the car into park, she shut off the engine and collapsed onto the steering wheel, digging her nails deep into the plastic. I killed her! I killed her! I’m evil. A horrible, evil monster! I even took pictures! Why?!

Brooke grabbed the wadded-up pillowcase that lay on the floor and unrolled it. The knife toppled out onto her lap. Bawling uncontrollably, Brooke raised the knife and turned it over in her hand. Its blade caught the pale light of a streetlamp and glinted ominously.

If I didn’t do this, please, please give me a sign. Tell me who did, Brooke begged the universe, trying to compose herself. No sign came and Brooke got an overwhelming feeling that there was no one else to blame. Her IED, this horrible, destructive disorder that she’d been wrestling with for a year, had finally turned her into something she never thought she’d be. A killer.

Brooke shoved up the oversize sleeve of Riley’s hoodie and rested the blade against her wrist. This is it, she told herself. If you can kill Maddie, kill yourself. You don’t deserve to live after what you’ve done.

She could barely see the blade in the dark but she could feel it pressing against her soft skin. All she had to do was yank it back. One quick motion and her veins would open up and she’d bleed to death just like Maddie had.

But Brooke couldn’t do it. As hard as she willed herself, she couldn’t end her own life. She was too scared to die.

Her grip loosened on the knife and it fell back into her lap. Another wave of guilt overtook Brooke and she bawled all over again.

Brooke wasn’t sure how much time had passed when she opened her eyes. She’d cried so much, there were no tears left. She raised her head and looked out at the frost that had formed on the trees. It’ll be morning soon, she thought, noticing that the sky in the east looked different now. The deep black had turned blue. Her mind seemed to clear, and for the first time since she woke up, she felt like she could actually think.

Eventually the police were going to come

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