CHAPTER 20
JODIE’S EYES BLINKED open. “What?” She sounded groggy, like Kennedy’s roommate Willow did nearly every weekend when she finally woke up.
“They want you to take the pills now.” Kennedy tried to seize some of the peace, some of the comfort from before and wrap her words up in it. She didn’t know how or why, but she knew — as certainly as she knew that the earth was round or that her parents loved her — things would work out all right. Was there a way to make Jodie believe it, too?
Lord, please give her that same comfort. Give her the same trust. Unfortunately, it was yet another prayer whispered in vain.
Jodie clutched Kennedy’s arm. “I don’t want those.”
Kennedy stroked her hair. “I know.” What else was there to say? “I know.”
“I can’t.”
Vinny let out a huff of air. “Enoug
