"Hey Cassie, it's Amber... listen, it's been like weeks since we last talked. I'm not sure what I did but I miss you so much. Call me, okay?"
"Jessica? Hey, it's Amber, how are you? I haven't heard from you in a while. I was wondering if maybe we could get together this weekend or something...can you meet me at Starbucks on Saturday for our usual mocha?"
"Amber, I'm so sorry, but I have plans - can't. Gotta go." I threw the phone acrossed the room watching as it bounced against the dresser and fell neatly onto a pile of laundry littering the floor then screamed loudly into my pillows, a rejected, miserable mess.
It wasn't always like this. The silence, the rejection, the isolation; this is all new - to me anyway.
I used to be "the girl next door" who everybody loved, popular and wanted by many, captain of the cheerleading squad and volleyball team, talented cellist. I had an amazing life ahead of myself, scholarships to almost any school I could dream up and of all things, an amazingly smoking hot varsity football player boyfriend.
But that was before the accident....
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An Accidental Murder
Teen FictionA young, talented high school girl tries to go on with her life after covering up an accident that killed a man. Tortured by a manipulative, jock boyfriend and her relentless conscience, her world quickly spirals dangerously out of control.
