Wherever It Takes Us

Wherever It Takes Us, 2

"Hey, Mom, where's Katherine?" I ask as I walk into the kitchen after school.

"She's at Haley's." she replies, offering me a bowl of grapes.

"No thanks," I say. "When's she coming back?"

"Around seven. She's eating dinner of there." she says, shrugging. "How was school?"

"Great." I lie. "I have tons of homework though." Before she can say more, I hurry out of the kitchen ands charge up the stairs. I speed down the hall and into Katherine's room, closing the door behind me. I glance at her wall clock. It's only 4:15. I begin digging through her room. I look through her desk and bookshelves for any clues on what might be going on. Its 4:37 when I'm about ready to give up. I look under her bed, then quickly check her closet. I turn on the light switch and see all her clothes hanging neatly in color order as well as her shoes. She's always been a little OCD. I see on her top shelf a shoebox labeled "Receipts" which seems suspicious. I pull it down and take the lid off, and I can barely breathe. Inside is a journal, a bloody razor, some bracelets, some pills, and an empty beer bottle. I pull out the journal and set the rest of the box aside. I flip to the first page and begin reading.

August 30

Markie keeps the razor in her room now. Like that will make it better. I just look in the mirror and feel so numb. I know everything he ever said to me by heart. It's like song lyrics. They're just stuck in my head and I always remember them. "Just kill yourself." "You're really ugly. That must suck." "You're so fat. What do you eat?" Ive only been in school twelve days and it's even more of a living hell than last year. I just buy bracelets. They hide my scars and my emotions. They hide what he's done to me. The worst part that everything he's done to me, everything I've done to myself, I still love him.

Daniel Jacobs? Her boyfriend? Is that who's doing this to her? But he's so nice. That just goes to show how good people are at hiding their true selves. Why won't she end it with him them? Maybe she's scared of what he'll do to her.

I know how I can help her now.