Pinborough Sarah The Reckoning by The Reckoning

Author:The Reckoning
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

167

something in their friendship snapped inside him. It couldn’t be relied on anymore. It couldn’t be trusted. He still loved Rob, and the next week when they made their awful discovery in the attic, Jason’s heart would break for his friend; but the seeds of destruction were sown that afternoon. Feeling a wet nose on his hand, he’d looked down at Teacher, and with eyes brimming with tears, realized that he and the dog had something in common. Neither of them were really wanted. Rubbing the head under his fingers, he took comfort in the fact that at least they had each other. At least they had that.

Looking back through the wasted years, Jason wondered whether Gina had been jealous of Teacher, jealous of the way they all fussed over him and loved him, and jealous of how he was the focus of Jason’s visits now and not her. Not even the weird things she did held the allure for him that the dog did. Those he was used to, the novelty gone. Yeah, maybe she was jealous. Jealous and spiteful. He sure as hell never saw Rob and Gina kissing again after that afternoon. Well, jealous or not, it didn’t justify what happened. Nothing could justify what happened.

It was a cool afternoon when the magic turned sour. They’d been out in the garden for an hour or so, the girls messing around on the swing talking girl stuff like they did sometimes while Rob and he tried to catch frogs by the huge pond, Teacher sticking his huge nose in their faces and in the jam jars, trying to figure out what they were doing, eager to be part of it. It was four weeks since the kiss and three weeks since the madness in the attic, and the atmosphere between the two boys was quiet and reflective.

It would be another four long days before Jason drove the final nail into the coffin of their friendship, his bandaged arms behind his back, standing at the front of the classroom not giving a shit about anything anymore, except trying to make someone else hurt as much as he did, as if that might somehow lessen the isolating pain that

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.