Chapter eighteen: skipping school.
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I cried in my bed all night. I didn't want to get up to go to school.
I wanted to go back home, to Mississippi, with my parents.
I looked out of the window. "I'm sorry that I drank last night, but I couldn't hold myself."
"Peer pressure," I mumbled. "You seem to forget what happened to your best friend."
I did not want to bring that up, but if he was going to drink, even though he was the one who promised not to drink again, then let it be.
"I'm sorry," his voice cracked.
I looked at him. "It's okay."
"I said something, didn't I?" Eddie sighed. "What did I say?"
I stayed quiet, not wanting to tell the truth. After all, Eddie did not want to say to me that he saw Elias.
"Nothing," I mumbled.
"Alright," he muttered. Eddie stopped in f
