The Girl in the Picture by Alexandra Monir
Author:Alexandra Monir [Monir, Alexandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780385743907
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2016-11-14T22:00:00+00:00
Mom drops me off at my dorm, hugging me good night before departing for her hotel a few miles from campus.
“Are you sure you wouldn’t rather I sleep here tonight?” she asks for the third time.
I force a smile.
“That’s sweet of you, but there’s barely any room for both of us. I’ll just see you tomorrow. I love you.”
She kisses my forehead.
“I love you, too, honey. We’ll get through this together. I promise.”
After she closes the door behind her, I throw open my desk drawer. If Detective Kimble didn’t find the letters in Chace’s room, is there any chance he could have returned them to me, without my knowing—?
A scream rings in my ears, ice flooding my veins.
I’m shivering, shaking. I can’t be seeing this.
It can’t be real.
I hear the footsteps of the security guard from down the hall, and I lunge toward the door, heart in my throat as I turn the lock.
“Everything all right in there, miss?” The guard raps on the door twice. It dawns on me that I must have screamed out loud.
“F-fine!” I call out, my voice shrill with panic. “I just—it was just a spider, but I, um, took care of it.”
I wait until his footsteps retreat, and then I dive back to the desk. Please let it be gone now. Please let it have been just a hallucination, I pray silently.
But there it is, unmistakable in the middle of my desk drawer: a thick kitchen knife, covered with crusted blood.
The thought of that blade plunging into the skin and soul I loved makes me want to rip this entire room to shreds. My arms and legs begin to tingle, my vision turning hazy, and I know from past experience that this is the start of a panic attack. But I can’t afford to give in to it now. I need to think straight.
Someone clearly planted the weapon in my room. But they were a day late. If they’d done it yesterday, when Detective Kimble searched my things, I would have been arrested on the spot. I shudder in horror.
My mind races as I stare at the weapon. If I turn it in and explain that I’m being set up, maybe the cops will be able to use DNA on the knife to find out who did this to Chace.
Or…No one will believe that I was being set up. I could be arrested the second I make the call to Detective Kimble.
I grab my phone to dial Mom, but hang up as soon as it occurs to me that this is not a conversation I can afford anyone lingering outside my door to hear.
“Chace,” I whisper into the air, my throat thick with tears. “I need you so much right now. I don’t know what to do.”
But of course, there’s no answer. Why do I keep thinking Chace’s spirit will help me? I can’t get lost in these hopeful delusions; I need to figure out a plan. Now. I pace my room, hands trembling as I eye the sickening weapon in my desk.
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