The Death Of Me (Clearview Academy Book 1) by Amy Richie

Author:Amy Richie [Richie, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: academy
Publisher: Amy Richie
Published: 2020-01-10T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

I sat up straight in my bed, unsure how I had gotten back in it. I was just with Clark, wasn't I?

Was it just today that Clark and I had found my body behind the dumpster? A horrible, vivid memory came rushing back to me. My stomach lurched.

The body we had found, my body, was full of stab marks.

"Oh my word."

I swung myself out of my bed - lying still was just too hard. Covering my mouth with one hand, I paced the length of my room.

"This is no time to panic," I whispered to myself.

I already knew I was dead. But it was so different now that I had seen that body.

Even though I knew it wasn't a good idea, I tiptoed down the hallway to my mom's open bedroom door. I just wanted to see her things, to know that at least something in the world was right.

Mom was sitting on the bed, I hadn't expected that.

As I watched, she took a deep breath and let it out slowly. In her hands, she held her tiny cell phone. The phone was shaking.

"Mom," Lindsay wailed, barreling into the room, "where is my yellow top?"

"What?" Mom glanced up at her with red-rimmed eyes. "It should be in your room. Did you check the closet?"

"Avery probably took it, she's always taking my clothes."

" I didn't touch your stupid shirt," I grumbled at her.

"Have you seen your sister?"

"Yeah," Lindsey shrugged. "I see her all the time."

"I mean today."

"Don't worry about Avery," Lindsay rolled her eyes. "She's fine."

"I haven't seen her since last night," mom informed her.

"And?"

Mom pursed her lips tightly. "Avery doesn't stay out like this," she sniffed. "Something must be wrong."

"The only thing wrong," Lindsey scowled, "is my shirt missing."

"You'll have to find your shirt by yourself," mom squared her shoulders. "I haven't seen it."

"I'm telling you, Avery probably just got too drunk to come home last night."

"Drunk?" mom gasped.

"Why would you tell her that?" My forehead creased darkly. Wasn't there some unspoken rule among siblings that stopped her from saying stuff like that?

Although mom still had a furrow in her eyebrows, tears pooled in her familiar brown eyes. “What if something terrible happened?”

“What could possibly happen in this stupid town?” Lindsey tsked. “This town barely has three gas stations.”

“Avery always tells me where she is, it's not like her to not call home.”

Lindsey plopped down with a click of her tongue. “Mom, you worry too much. Avery's a big girl - she’s fine.”

“Will you call her friends and see if they've heard from her?”

“They were all together at Jimmy Vale's party last night. She probably just crashed at one of their houses. Seriously, stop worrying.”

It was all too much. Once moms chin started to quiver, I knew I had to leave.

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