Revealed

68. Solane

Here I am in the middle of the living room in tears. Andre holds my hand.

"We need to leave. We can stay with my friends for a few nights. But then, I want to leave. And I don't want to come back."

"Solie, don't you think you're overreacting a little?"

He's right. I am overreacting. But it's only because I don't know how else to react. She basically hates me now.

"Why didn't you tell her the truth? About Jeremy. He did this, not you." I know Andre is only trying to help, but whatever he's doing is making me more pissed then calm.

"I'm not involving Jeremy in this. And we are not talking about him."

I start walking to the front door. "Come on. We're going to my friend Stella's house."

We get back in the car and drive. When we reach our destination, Ms. Bosempem meets us at the door. "Solane! You're back! Oh how we missed you here!" She gives me the biggest hug ever. "Sorry if I startled you. I was waiting."
"Oh. That's fine. Is Stella home?"

Her face scrunches up a little and she isn't making much eye contact anymore. "Umm... you don't know. How do I say this?"

Crap. More bad news. What a way to be greeted back after a two week kidnapping.

"Stella is in the hospital. She had a concussion."

"What...?" Now I'm more confused than before.

"She's supposed to be discharged on medication before tomorrow night. Her father is with her at the hospital. They could be coming back tonight, or tomorrow. I was waiting for them."

All this new information sinks into my head. Then, I start thinking about Melissa. I need to check in on her.

"I'm so sorry. I...... I have to go. When Stella gets back, please tell her that I wish her a quick recovery. But there's something I have to do."
Without waiting for Stella's mom to respond, I run back to the car where Andre is. "We need to get to Melissa."

"Who?"

"Just drive. Take a left at the end of the road."
And that's exactly what Andre does.