The Suicide Pact (The Tick-Tock Trilogy Book 3) by David B. Lyons

Author:David B. Lyons [Lyons, David B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-28T06:00:00+00:00

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Ciara

Me and Harriet are still lying back on the bed, our hands behind our heads, staring up at posters of bands and movies I’ve never even heard of.

But Ingrid is sitting up now, flicking through the book Harriet handed to her a couple minutes ago. She just said she’d love to take it home with her. Bleedin’ hell! She better not be serious. I knew coming to Harriet’s wasn’t a good idea. I’ll go mad if Ingrid decides to put our pact on hold just so she can read that stupid book. It’s all nonsense anyway. As if women will ever rule the world. I like Harriet and all, but sometimes the things she says don’t make any sense to me at all. I think she thinks she’s cleverer than she really is.

I sit up and stretch my hand towards Ingrid.

‘Gis a look,’ I say.

I take the book from her and flick through it myself, pretending that I’m interested. Jaysus… Ingrid won’t read this. It’s way too long.

‘What time’s it?’ I ask.

‘Coming up to twenty to ten,’ Harriet says. ‘Jee… it’s almost my bedtime. I normally turn in about ten. How come you guys are out so late? Don’t ye have school in the morning?’

I stay silent to see if Ingrid will answer. But she just continues to stare at the ceiling.

‘Eh… yeah,’ I say. ‘Yeah we do. I actually didn’t realise it was that late. We better get going. Ingrid just wanted to drop by… to let you know about Stitch.’

Harriet tuts.

‘Fuck Stitch,’ she says, sitting up to join us. She smiles at Ingrid. ‘I know Aunt Greta would go mental if she knew I was cursing to ya. But I mean it. Fuck him. He’s gonna be way beneath you in a couple years time.’ She places her hand on Ingrid’s shoulder and rubs it. ‘You sure you’re okay, cuz?’

Ingrid turns her head slowly towards me.

‘She’s fine,’ I say quickly. ‘She’ll be okay in the morning.’

‘I don’t wanna go to school,’ Ingrid says, holding her hands to her face.

I reach out and rub her back.

‘Everything will be okay, Ingrid,’ I say.

‘Course it will. Listen to Ciara. What she’s saying is right,’ Harriet says. I smile a tiny smile over Ingrid’s shoulder at Harriet. ‘You walk into that school tomorrow with your head held high and a ‘fuck you Stitch’ attitude, you hear me? That’s what I’ve had to do since me and Conor finished. You just have to get on with it. You’ve a long life to live.’

I cough to distract the conversation. I don’t like where it’s going again. I don’t trust Ingrid to not break down and open up to Harriet about not wanting to live any more. I nudge at her back and keep doing it until she’s got to her feet.

‘I guess we better go,’ she says, staring at the ground.

‘Here, don’t forget the book,’ Harriet says, stretching over to where I’d almost hidden it under her pillow. She hands it to Ingrid who grabs it into her chest.

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