CHAPTER 6
“Mimi,” Dad says, trying to coax me, “I need you to calm down. Mom can’t be here right now.”
“Liar!” I shout. I may have forgotten whatever happened that gave me this freakish headache and turned me into a person I don’t even know anymore, but I certainly haven’t forgotten my mother. And nothing would keep her from being here with me. Nothing at all.
“Calm down, baby.” Dad’s smothering me. I kick and fling my body. I may not remember my senior trip, but I know that he wouldn’t really hurt me. So I fight back. He can’t subdue me this easily.
“Mimi, please.” He’s begging. Pleading. But I don’t care. He owes me answers. He owes me an explanation. And if he thinks that I’m going to calm myself down before he tells me what happened …
The doorbell rings. We both stop struggling. S
