Secrets *WIP*

Prolouge

         Riverdale is the type of town everyone would want to live in. A place where everyone knows everyone and your social status is based on your last name. My name is Lieah Westly. On the topic social status, my family would probably fall in the middle, not as high as the Coopers but not as low as the Jones. On the very top of the list would be the Blossoms, the family with the biggest maple syrup business making them the richest family in town. But this isn't about them, this is about me. 8th grade had been the worst year of my life, but if it didn't happen the way it did I wouldn't have met my best friend, Marcine Richmond. Now the Richmonds on the social scale are probably a just under the Blossoms. But again this isn't about them, this is my story.
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         The house was never this quiet. Morgan is usually running, playing, and making as much noise as she can. But this morning the little six year old was not making a single sound, it was completely silent. "Mom," I shout as I make my way downstairs. I find her sitting on the couch with Officer Kellers next to her. She was in tears, her face was a bright red and she was shaking. "Morgan!" I yelled but nothing. My mom began to sob harder. "Dad, Morgan?

"Honey they are not here. "

"Mom wh-where are they?"

       I knew something was wrong. We usually have breakfast together every morning. Morgan and my dad went to go see grandma last night. I was suppose to go but I had a lot of homework to do.

"T-They died last night in a car crash." My mom managed to say to me through her tears.

"No you're lying to me!" I broke down in tears. Morgan was my best friend, it was rare to see two sisters so close "No! This can't be, I kissed her goodbye, I told her that I would see her see her later." I say through a sob. "Honey," my mom came up and hugged me. "I'm sorry, but you have to stay strong." She wiped the tears off my face, "don't show anyone how weak you are."

"Mom, my sister and dad died. Of course, I'm going to be upset!"

"No you're strong, our family is strong, the funeral is on Saturday." The funeral was only two days away? Why so soon? She turned and walked away from me without another word to me. What was I suppose to do just go to school and act like nothing happen? "Lieah go upstairs let me talk to Officer Keller alone please."

I began walking upstairs and then stop close enough to hear them."So what exactly happened," My mom whispers to the Officer.

"We found Carter Richmond behind the wheel of the vehicle when we got there, he was coming back from a party and he was completely intoxicated."

"Carter Richmond, he's just a freshman how can he be driving?"

"He stole his parent's car and got drunk while at the party and decided to drive home."

She began crying once more, I almost began to sob again but then I remembered they didn't know I was still there so I held back. Quickly I ran up to my room and got ready for school.

As I walked to school I passed by the Richmond's house. Carter and his sister Marcine were walking out their house. I stopped where I was, and stared. I stared at the guy that killed my sister and father. Tears came down like a waterfall. They walked closer to me and I couldn't move. Carter was now right in front of me. "Lieah" was all could he say.

"You killed my sister and my dad. I hate you." I whispered. "Thier dead because of you," my voice began to rise and I started hitting him in the chest "I hate you Carter!" I saw Marcine crying and walking with her head down. I drop down to my knees and so did Carter. He put his arms around me and held me "I'm so sorry Lieah," I felt his tears fall on my shoulder. After a while, he walks Marcine and I to school without saying anything else to me. I could still feel my shirt wet from his tears.

It was hard to be around Marcine since she was Carter's sister, but she was in all my classes. Every time I turn around she's there looking at me. After school, she started walking with me home.

"Lieah, I'm so sorry your my best friend now so I'm here for you no matter what."

"Really?" I've never had a best friend before.

"Of course."

"I don't need your pity."

"I'm not giving you my pity because I didn't kill them." What she said hit me hard. It was true she didn't kill them.

"Look Marcine I'm fine on my own."

"Fine, whatever I tried."

I felt bad. She wanted to be my friend and I blew her off. "Wait Marcine I'm sorry, it's just I feel like you want to be my friend just because of my sister and dad."

"I completely understand, but that's not the reason, I've been meaning to ask you if you wanted to be friends for awhile now."

"Yeah okay I'll like that."

"Good, now let's go home."

We walk and talk all the way to her house. Then we saw it, Carter in handcuffs. A big van was on the street, it read 'juvenile detention center' on the side. Mr. and Mrs. Richmond were standing there with no emotion on their faces, acting like their son was being taken somewhere. Carter held his head down, but I can see the tears on his face. " Carter!" Marcine begins to yell. "Carter what's happening?"

"It's okay Marcine I love you sis' stay strong," he takes off his leather jacket and passes it Marcine. He then looks over to me now "please Lieah be there for her, and I'm truly sorry I hope you can forgive me." And then, he was gone. I reached over and gave Marcine a hug and she hugged me back. And that's how our crazy friendship began, born from a tragedy.

Marcine came over and sat with me at lunch the next day. "Hey, girly."

"Hey, how are you?"

"I'm good, but I should be asking it isn't like my sister and dad are dead."

"Yeah, but you lost someone too."

She waved it off and reached into her pocket and pulled out two necklaces. "I wanted to give this to you yesterday, but I forgot."

"What is it?"

"It's a heart that says best friends on it and it can be broken, one-half for you and the other for me. When they're apart they are strong, but together they are unstoppable." She reaches over to me and we hugged each other.

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Chapter Song: I'll Be There For You
By: The Remebrandts