A Thousand Lies

Chapter 37

Chapter name: Lidia

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Temperance

I sit at my usual desk at school, in the back. And wait for the teacher. I adjust in my seat as the teacher walks in with a stack of papers.

With a sigh I lay my head down on my desk, closing my tired eyes.

"Alright, class. So some exciting news. The school will be taking a weekend-long field trip. Partnering with two other school districts." I listen to Mrs. Trevors go on about a trip I probably won't go on.

I lift my head back up like a sheet of paper lands on my desk.

The info for the field trip and the signatures.

Fairview high school is proud to announce that we will be hosting a field trip with our two partnering school districts, Riverblossom high school, and Westring high school.

My heart drops as the form mentions my old high school, Riverblossom.

Where all my friends are. Where Alec is.

I will have to avoid him. I can't get caught up with him again. I can't get caught up with ANY of them.

My heart wrenches thinking of them. Thinking of not talking to them. Having to avoid them. It kills me.

I continue reading.

This Friday, we will be taking the students, your children, to a ski resort. They will stay until Sunday. We will drop them back off at the high school at five pm.

I stop reading, remembering Vicky and Austin would never let us go.

Even if they did, I have no friends. Who would I hang out with? I can't hang out with Chris and Kenli the whole time. They have their own friends.

I don't feel like making new friends either. No one strikes my interest. And if I'm honest. I don't care about anyone here. I don't give a fuck. Everyone here is just so stupid.

I can't hang out with my old friends... I have to avoid them. And Austin forbid it. If I were to hang out with them, then he would make sure something bad happened.

In total, I am supposed to be completely alone, with no way to get help. Austin and Vicki say it's too risky, and I'm too stupid.

He has a few "spies" watching me too. So if I make friends, it won't be enjoyable for me.

These spies. They are school students. They go to my school, in my grade. I pass by them every day.

I know who they are too.

Veronica and Brannon. Why them? Apparently, they are family friends or something.

They don't know Austin and Vicki are beating me. I don't even think they would care. All they want is the money Austin and Vicki give them.

Plot twist. Austin and Vicki don't have money. Where do they get it? Please don't ask me.

Could I possibly make friends with Veronica and Brannon? Hell no.

Suddenly there is a snapping in my face. The teacher glares at me. "You can daydream somewhere else, Ms. Andrews."

Bitch.

I nod, and that's how my day went.

Dreadfully.

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