The Torment of Renegade X by Chelsea M. Campbell

Author:Chelsea M. Campbell [Campbell, Chelsea M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Golden City Publishing
Published: 2017-07-12T05:00:00+00:00

“Just let me take a picture of it.”

Riley scowls. I mean, he was already kind of scowling because of the pain in his leg he won’t admit is there, but now he’s scowling at me. “I already told you. No.”

I sigh. It’s later that afternoon, and me and Riley are on our way back to the cabin after attempting to go find his parents’ make-out tree during our hour of free time. An hour wasn’t really long enough—not with Riley getting slower and slower on his crutches as the week goes on—and we basically just made it a little ways past the dining hall before we had to turn back. Which is probably a good thing, because he doesn’t really look okay, and he probably shouldn’t have even tried this.

“Perkins—”

“I just need more time.”

“And a new leg.”

“I should have gone this morning, while you guys went on your hike. I could have gotten to lunch late.”

“There’s a reason you’re not going on the hikes with us, and it’s not so you can go wandering around in the woods alone on crutches.”

He winces. I think at first it’s because of what I said, even though it wasn’t that bad, but then he stops to rest his leg a little. “I hate this.”

“We’re almost there.” The cabin’s just around the next turn in the trail. I can see part of one window from here, and I squint at it, trying to determine if our cabin mates are there. I managed to avoid them all through lunch, and they didn’t try anything during our art session, and thankfully they didn’t follow us on our current expedition. But as much as I’d like to believe I’m in the clear, I know it’s only a matter of time.

“No, I mean…” Riley clenches his jaw. “I hate this.” He waves a hand at his leg. “I hate not being able to do everything like everybody else. And I hate how hard everything is, and how much it hurts. And why did this have to happen now, during camp?”

“It didn’t happen now. It happened six weeks ago.”

“You know what I mean.” He rubs his forehead. “It just sucks, and I hate it. Camp’s already not what I thought it was going to be. It’s not like when my parents went here.”

“Actually,” I say, glancing around, “I think it might be exactly like it was when they went here.” I get the impression it hasn’t changed much. Same buildings, same stupid activities. Just switch out the idiot counselors and the douchey Heroesworth students.

“I just want to see their tree before I leave. My dad carved their initials in it. He was there, and…” Riley lets out a deep breath. “It shouldn’t be that hard. Getting there, I mean. It’s…” He looks over his shoulder, back the way we came, though of course we can’t see the tree from here. We can’t even see any of the main buildings from here, and it’s a lot farther out than that. “Maybe we shouldn’t have turned back.

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