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Ch.31 | Good Luck Addie

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I haven't eaten hardly anything in almost a week. I have never felt so weak before in my entire life.

Fortunately, Jacob discharged from the hospital about three days ago, so my parents have been too preoccupied with him to even notice. He's doing a lot better than he was, and we're all thankful for the positive outcome.

It's Monday morning again, and I am both physically and emotionally dreading going to school.

I didn't return to school all last week. My mom told my principal that due to the outcome of the trail, she wanted me to take a small leave of absence from school to gather myself.

The only thing that I am happy about is the fact that Jared Winston moved away. The day after the trial, something inside of me snapped. I went over to Jared's house and made sure to speak to both of his parents. They were reluctant to listen to me, but after sharing the recordings that I saved from the trial, they agreed that their son was definitely in the wrong.

They apologized to me on his behalf, and since they have moved to another state, where Jared now goes to boarding school. Not having to see his face, or feel unsafe is honestly the best feeling I've had in a while.

On a more negative note, I haven't spoken to neither Angie nor Jaxon since the last day of the trial. I've tried calling Jaxon, but every time my call gets ignored. I can't believe he would just choose her side over mine and completely shut me out. I understand that they are a couple now, but we were all three best friends first before that happened. He should at least give my family the benefit of the doubt.

Shane has tried to call me a lot. He even had his little sister Peyton leave me a cute voicemail, in the hopes that I would give in and see him. I honestly can't even face him, or anyone for that matter.

The sting of the trial is still there, and no matter how hard I try, I can't get what Angie said out of my head.

For her to say those things to me about my family, after everything we have done for her, just baffles me. I don't understand why she would be so quick to believe what Jared's lawyer said without any real evidence. The only thing keeping her hating me is the fact that they have signed papers from my father and Officer Bernard, but who's to say those signatures weren't forged?

I need to find out the truth, and that truth starts with my father.

"Addilyn, get up or you'll be late for the bus!" I hear my dad say from down stairs.

I get up and make my way to the shower. Once I'm finished, I brush my teeth and hair. After I throw on my blue jeans and big purple sweater, I put my glasses on and head downstairs.

"Here sweetie." My mom says while handing me a plate of cut up bananas and apple slices with a side of peanut butter. "Eat something nice." She smiles.

I take the plate of fruit and sit down at the table. I suppose eating this fruit and peanut butter won't hurt me too much.

"Nanners are good sissy." I hear the small voice from beside me. I look over at Jacob and smile.

"They sure are buddy. How you feeling?" I ask.

"Happy to have nanners." He weakly smiles.

I smile back and continue eating my fruit as well. His appetite has slowly come back and he's been eating very small portions throughout the day to regain a lot of his strength and energy. I'm so glad that he's feeling better. He really scared us for a while during his hospital stay.