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Ethan held a red-faced Bria back from Tyler.
Jerry had a guy in zip-ties faced against the wall.
Liam cowered in the corner as two members of his crew surrounded him.
Jake stomped toward me, eyes glossy, face wet, and chin shaking uncontrollably. “You promised!” he screamed, clutching a paper in his hand. “You said you wouldn’t tell anyone!”
I snatched the paper out of Jake’s hand, and my eyes eagerly sca
The pages from my diary corrupted the hallway, filled their minds, and fueled their aggression toward each other. Everyone’s secrets had been spilled.
“No … ” I breathed, turning my head at the scene around me. People screamed at each other, tears bled out, venom spewed, spit flew as if it all happened in slow motion. Turning, I headed toward my desk. I ransacked my room for the journal I’d spent two months writing in since Dr. Conway gave it to me.
For two months, the journal had been my best friend, kindly accepting every thought I had of everyone, allowing me to share everyone’s deepest secrets so I didn’t have to carry the burden on my own. My brain went haywire as I remembered every secret that passed from my fingers, through the pen, onto the paper. The same papers that someone plastered on display for everyone to see. “This can’t be happening … ”
Gone. My journal was gone.
Empty-handed, I stood in the middle of my room. Tyler appeared beside me, hurt evident in her eyes. “You selfish cow,” her lips mouthed, but I couldn’t hear her, her voice drowned out by the screaming in the hallway and the clouding of my brain. Pushing past her, I needed to get away. I ran past her, shoving between people to find a way out.
To my left, Ollie stood posted-up in his doorway, shoulder resting against the frame. Empty green eyes locked on mine as his expression remained bleak and hollow. His lips parted, and for a second my stupid mind believed he’d pull me into his arms, but instead, his eyes turned away from me.
Curse words swarmed in the air, all directed at me, and I continued forward until their comments faded behind.
In a daze, my hand pushed open the library door, and my feet walked through the same maze I’ve traveled more than a dozen times before until my body curled into a ball in the only spot I could be alone and no one could find me. The same place Ollie created for me.
And it was there I closed my eyes and begged for sleep to take me away from this nightmare.