JUNE.I was already having a bad day by the time I got home.No, before I got home. It started the moment I stepped out of that hall.The laughter still rang in my ears, sharp and loud, like it had followed me all the way out of the school gates. Even now, sitting at the back of the sleek black SUV, I could still hear it.“Meanie…”The word slipped through my mind again, and I clenched my fingers tightly against my jeans. One girl had said it loud enough for others to hear. Then the others had joined her. Like it was funny, like I was the joke.I turned my face toward the window, pressing my forehead lightly against the cool glass as the life I had known blurred past behind me. Our small apartment. The tree under which Mary and I sat most evenings. I swallowed hard.The car was too quiet, gliding slowly, too smooth. Too… expensive. My eyes flickered to the front. Mom sat beside him. Fiddling with the huge diamond wedding band that sat on her finger like a rock, catching every glimpse
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