Broken Kids (Book #1)

Ch. 4: Can You Hear Me Now?

MAN: Five-thirty-two, copy that. We'll get back to you.

Tori: I never wanted to see another police car......in front of this house. I thought we were done with that.

Azzy: I didn't total her car. They can fix it.

Tori: There is nothing I can do about this. Do you understand me?

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"How bad did your mom bust you over wrecking Amber's car?" Frisk asked as they made their way through the park.

"Okay, I did not wreck it," Asriel said defensively, "I damaged it. And, actually, everyone's being really mature about it."

"Oh." Frisk said in disbelief.

"There's no, "Oh." We're just being grownups. That's all." Asriel said, trying to end the conversation.

"Okay, so the town is gonna put in a new bench. We'll plant the flowerbeds. And there's gonna be a pathway of art tiles." Chris explained as they stopped in front of the old bench they would build Evilyn's Memorial from.

"Art tiles?" Elizabeth repeated, while sitting down on the old bench.

"Mm-hm. Messages, pictures, memories of Evilyn." Frisk explained with a soft smile.

"Oh. Like little headstones." Asriel said sarcastically

"Asriel." Chris said in a scolding tone.

"What?"

"We should each do a tile." Frisk told the others.

"I've had Evilyn's bracelet since the day we found it in the woods......and I don't want the responsibility anymore." Asriel said while digging through his purse. When he found the bracelet he held it up, waiting for one of the others to take it.

"I don't want it." Chris said, taking a small step back.

"Seriously, somebody take this." Asriel said with impatience, looking expectantly on the other kids.

Elizabeth took it when she realized that no one else would, "Look at us. Bunch of babies." She said irritated. "There's nothing that E can say or do to get us into trouble......without making trouble for herself."

"Are you sure it's a her?" Asriel asked.

"Him, her. Doesn't make any difference." Elizabeth shrugged, bending over to pick up her laptop from her big.

"What are you doing?" Frisk asked when Elizabeth started to type on her computer.

"I'm gonna block all messages from people that I don't know." Elizabeth explained, "IMs, texts, e-mails, everything. Screw E." She looked up at the others with a smile, "There. Who's next?"

Frisk took the laptop and logged into set the settings on her own accounts. "I spy with my little eye something that begins with B." Elizabeth said and she looked up to see Ms. Baby writing her bike down the street.

"Hey, Ms. Baby." Asriel shouted, waving at their teacher causing her to wave back.

"Looking good, Ms. Baby." Elizabeth shouted and Asriel looked up at his friend in amusement as Chris snatched the laptop from Frisk.

"My turn." The boy said curtly.

"There are teachers that you don't wanna see on a bike. There are teachers you do wanna see on a bike." Elizabeth smirked, standing up from the bench to stand beside Asriel.