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snapped.
She wanted him to kiss her. She felt an overwhelming urge.
    “Sweet dreams Cali,” Edwin said as he turned, walking
towards his room. He paused briefly and gave her a smile
before closing the door behind him.
    Cali walked into her room and turned on the lights. As her
eyes adjusted she jumped when she saw Grace sitting on
the couch.
“Holy crap Grace you scared me! What are you doing in
here?”
     
“I was spying on you out the window and now I want all
the juicy details” she said excitedly.
    “Well then you will be as disappointed as I am because
there are no juicy details. He kissed me on the cheek,” Cali
said with a sigh as she plopped herself on the couch
beside Grace.
“Wait a minute, you’re disappointed? I thought it wasn’t a
date? I thought you weren’t into him?”
    “Oh shut up, I don’t want to be interested in him. I have
enough things to worry about. I don’t need to be worrying
about my heart getting broken too. When he gets bored
and realises I am just plain old Cali”.
    “You really believe that don’t you?” Grace asked with
sadness in her voice and on her face. “I don’t know the
guys that you have dated to make you feel that way about
yourself. But you’re the pretest girl I have ever met and
too add to that you are the nicest girl I know. You
shouldn’t be so hard on yourself. You’re better than you
give yourself credit for.”
“Thanks Grace.”
     
“You know Cali we’re all running from something but
wouldn’t it be nice to have someone to run with?”
    “Ya you’re right, it would be nice but eventually what
you’re running from is going to show up and bring you
right back down,” Cali bit her lip to hold back tears.
“I think you need to live a little bit Cali” Grace said.
    Cali lay on the bed in her motel room thinking about her
sisters and what they must be going through without her.
She needed to know what was going on with them but she
knew she couldn’t call. It killed her not knowing.
She tossed and turned for a while but all she could think
about was that night and her father’s dead body. She
couldn’t get the horrible images out of her head. She got
out of bed and went to the bathroom to get a drink of
water. While filling the glass she caught a glimpse of
herself in the mirror . Youare not Veronica Burns. Youare
    nota k
iller.Youare sweetandsassy Cali. She saw the
scars on her wrist from being tied up and hand cuffed so
many times, the scars that would always be there to
remind her. She could try as much as she wanted to but
the ghost of Veronica would always haunt her.
    Laying back down Cali’s thoughts drifted from her scars
to Edwin. She thought back to when they were on the
wheel of heights and how amazing she felt. He made her
feel free, weightless and free. It was a feeling she had
never felt before.
Chapter 7
    Andrew Harrison followed Veronica around school. She
wasn’t allowed to talk to boys so she ignored him the best
she could. Veronica liked Andrew. He was a nice guy. He
wasn’t much taller than her. He was stocky with a round
face and dark hair and eyes. He dressed in preppy clothes
and was good in school. He came from a good family with
two sisters and an older brother. His mom was a nurse
and his dad was a bank manager.
    One day when the girls were coming home from school
Andrew was at Veronica’s house on the front porch
talking to her father. She was so scared she didn’t know
why he was there but she wished he would just leave. The
girls walked into the house and her father stopped her.
    “Veronica you see this fine young man right here?” her
father asked putting his hand on the boy’s shoulder.
Veronica imagined her father crushing Andrew’s bones
with his bare hands.
    “His name is Andrew and he seems like a gentleman. He
fancies you and wants to take you to prom but he wanted
to ask my permission first” her father said looking at her.
“I think because it’s your senior prom