The Last to Let Go by Amber Smith

Author:Amber Smith [Smith, Amber]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

I go into the bathroom, open the medicine cabinet, and swallow three aspirins. Then I close my bedroom door and lie facedown in bed, listening to the pattering of rain on the window as I wait for the pills to kick in. She said she didn’t remember what happened. I didn’t believe her at first. But then I did. And now . . . now I don’t know.

I must have dozed off, because I awake to muffled voices. I lie here for a while, listening. I drag myself up from my bed, my head noticeably better, though not all the way. I sit at my desk and pull out my homework; putting my brain to work drowns out their voices, drowns out the dull leftover ache of words pounding through my head. Everything’s quiet now, even the rain has stopped.

It’s almost midnight when I come out of my room again. Aaron’s sitting at the table hunched over this giant GED study guide that I’ve seen him open only in five-minute increments over the past few weeks.

I go sit down next to him. He doesn’t look up.

“Sorry,” I offer, even though I’m not really.

“I’m trying. I really am,” he says, picking up the study guide, as if offering up proof.

He is trying, I can see that. “I can help you, Aaron. Studying—it’s sort of one of the only things I’m good at.”

“Nah,” he says, pushing the book away. “Thanks, though. I gotta get up early tomorrow.” He stands abruptly, already walking away before I can answer.

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