Chapter Ten
After I had finished all my classes for the day, Alicia mysteriously absent, I went home. My arms were weighed down with homework and I had a dull throb in my head.
I ignored dinner and sat at the couch, unloading my books onto the coffee table and sinking into the couch with a sigh. I flicked through the channels before settling on a romantic comedy movie and sat in front of the table with a pen in hand.
I had just gotten through half of it when I heard a knock at the door. I was mystified but stood and looked at the clock. Who would be knocking at eight o’clock at night?
I opened the door and stood in shock as Sarah faced me. She had a big welt over her eye that was already bruising and a busted up lip and bruises along her chin. She was shivering and the tears poured dow
