Chapter 7: Drugged

With a heavy heart, I got ready for Dante and Reggie's 'dorm party' with the girls doing their make up next to me. It was quieter than usual, and there was a sense of anxiety around us that we couldn't shake off. No more gifts came for us but the warning note that he left in the car still lay in the closed closet, where we hurriedly stuffed it in as soon as we got home.

Elyse was still in possession of the car key but hadn't driven it yet, although the whole school knew that the shiny new car was her and they had no shame asking her for lifts to various places. She shrugged all comments and questions off but I did notice the lingering stares from Elyse to the Mercedes. She had wanted her own car for years but hadn't had the money to buy one. It was her dream to one day own a brand new Mercedes and there it was, in the parking lot of the school. I would be really happy for her if the circumstances were slightly different.

I hadn't heard any more voices in my head but his eyes still fol