CHAPTER 16
I’m asleep on the couch. At least I think I’m asleep on the couch. The strange thing is I can still hear everything going on around me. I know that Marco’s here. I know we finished watching Thirteen Going on Thirty even though my brother hates romcoms. I know he only watched it to make me feel better, and I fell asleep sometime after Jennifer Garner’s Thriller dance.
I know Marco watched the sports channel for a while, even though I couldn’t tell you what was on. Then the news, and now the TV’s off, and he and Dad are in the living room talking.
“See? It’s better this way. No crying. No shock. She’s sleeping like a baby.”
No, I’m not, I want to say, but my brother isn’t listening to me. He’s talking to Dad.
“What happens if she finds out anyway?” Dad asks.
“Can’t be worse
