I avoided the principal all day. I just got through my classes, and I was almost home-free...
749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoR8AUFLa4
A special announcement comes on through the speakers of the whole school. "This is Principal Peabody. I'm asking for Jade Lillian to immediately report to my office. Thank you."
749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDWemjVwvw
Jesus, I was so close to escaping! I very slowly get up and abandon my art project half-way.
749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDifTOtrw4
I get to her office, where she's waiting for me. She's an extremely thin woman in her 40's with wrinkles and age spots everywhere. But she's a very understanding woman, and nice, for that matter.
749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnhIC5AQQP
"Why hello, Ms. Lillian. How are you on this fine day?" She is SUCH a sweetheart.
749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9txvinJIZh
"Pretty crappy. And yourself?" I ask courteously.
749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLT2WdwZXL
"I can't complain, thank you. Now. Do you know why you are here?" She motions for me to take a seat, so I do.
749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2hjRgyL5h
"Um... Because of what happened in the cafeteria?"
749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLpPq4PqJu
"Exactly right. I myself was not there to witness what happened. I only heard rumors. But of course, it would be unfair to decide on a punishment without hearing BOTH sides of the story, now wouldn't it? So tell me what happened."
749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQwH01r2Jr
She waited.
749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkO3i0Skmb
And waited.
749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TOPBHAMnh
And waited.
749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0C7trDgV5I
Finally, I open my mouth. "How's your husband, Ms. Peabody?"
749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QhFgxB9Bp
She’s taken aback, not expecting me to change the subject. But she plays along.
749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyaCtEBxqA
"He passed away a few years ago, Ms. Lillian."
749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Y15wykO0H
"How?"
749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHk4yphMDzl
She’s reluctant to answer, but she does anyways. "He... Was hit by a car..." Her eyes start to well up.
749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3S0CXTMboM
"Why are your eyes teary?" I ask.
749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0THKO27RxK
"Because, Jade. He was the one person I loved the most. And now he is no longer with me."
749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTNteh6DHb
Here's where I get a little... ‘interesting’. "Wouldn't it be so funny if I hit you with a car, too? Maybe you guys will meet in Heaven together! Or maybe--"
749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9H5bkbsZc
"MS. LILLIAN. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. I find it highly disrespectful for you to speak this way." By now she's crying a little.
749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJLjdnoFzI
"EXACTLY. People make jokes about your only love and you're enraged, are you not? Well THAT is how I felt when that new kid spoke in a hurtful manner about THE ONE PERSON I LOVED THE MOST. THAT is why I GRABBED MY KNIFE AND STABBED HIS ARM. THAT IS WHY I CHOKED HIM FOR A MINUTE. THAT IS WHY I PUSHED HIM TO THE GROUND AND KICKED HIS RIBS."
749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSRDADryTD
I'm panting so hard! Why? Had I not decided a while ago to let Edward go? Why am I sulking? Sobbing? Why is my heart throbbing, threatening to jump out? Why... Is... My... Throat... Closing.... Choking...
749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2Qbzu5gV8
All I see... Is black...749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCz2Lu1qqNo
