Secrets aren't hidden forever
chapter 2
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"Kylie where have you been?" My mom yelled to me as soon as I walked through the door.
"School," I lied and went up the thirteen carpeted steps to my bedroom. My mom left me alone after that. Last month, she stopped caring about what I was doing. She gave up on trying to keep me safe. She got so sick of me partying and not hearing a word she said that she just stopped. Just like that, she stopped. I didn't miss it, but I missed her. I missed her wanting to be part of my life. I put in my head phones and turned up the volume. Envelopes slid under the little space under the door. I assumed my brother Nick had gotten the mail. Good to know that he'd rather slide letters under the door than open it and have to make contact with me. I picked up the letters that were all addressed to me. The first was from my aunt Kerri. Aunt Kerri was like a mom to me, although her and my mother did not get along. Aunt Kerri would never stop caring about me and my life. She lived hundreds of miles away in Columbus, Ohio and yet she still found ways to keep up with me. The second read Hamilton High on the top left corner. I threw it on my bed. I opened the letter from my aunt. She asked about school, and Nick and how my dad was. I skimmed through it till something caught my eye. "I know it's rough down there darling, but summer's coming soon. Why don't you come down here and visit your aunt?" Sounded good to me, anywhere but here. I picked up the letter from my school, I dreaded opening it. I started to peel it open, I double checked it had my name on it. Kylie Herrings, it read. Shoot, why can't it say Nick? I wondered. English- D, Calculous- F. A report card? How could this be, I didn't know it was the end of third quarter. Well, at least it wasn't a letter saying that I failed eleventh grade. Physical Education-B, Art-A, AP Bio- D. I had seen enough. I folded up the letter and put it in my top drawer. I spotted a third letter unopened letter laying on the floor. I made out the letters Amanda Allen.
xoKatiee