The Cursed Valedictorian
With tears welling up in my eyes, I shouted angrily, “I’m not sick, Mom! Believe me. Hope really exists!
“She even told me her brother was murdered!”
The more I tried to defend myself, the harder Mom cried.
At that, I called the police. I hoped that they would come and prove that I was telling the truth.
But to my surprise, when the police arrived, they said the exact same thing as my mom.
“Over the years, whenever a valedictorian died, we would conduct a thorough investigation into their social networks.
“But not a single one of them had a sister or friend named Hope Spencer.