Fallout (Crank 3)
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here, but your safety is our
prime concern. Drug use and
driving under the influence
cannot be tolerated. We’ve
found you a new placement.
Unfortunately, it’s in Fresno,
so you’ll have to change
schools. But at least you’ll
have the vacation to settle in.
New home. New foster
parents. New school. Just
when everything was going
kind of okay right here. Dad
and I were communicating.
Kortni and I were in truce
mode. I was getting good
grades. Excelling, in fact.
Will they even have AP
classes in my new school?
And what about Kyle? He
and I were hanging strong.
I don’t want to be without
him. My life will be a well,
drained to gravel and dust.
TELLING HIM
Was something like getting a cavity
filled. Without Novocain. Evil pain,
the words drilling through the roof
of my mouth to deep inside my brain.
It was raining that afternoon, the world cold