That is it!
You over-protective self-righteous bastard!
We are done. I am through with this bullshit!
You are damn lucky I don't trust the police, or I'd have your ass up on assault charges so fast...
Instead, I'm considering telling your parents and the school counselors. If you're lucky you'll get grounded and suspended, asshole.
Don't you ever ( Read more... )

[It's Gert! She's looking frazzled and grumpy, and from somewhere in the other room comes the sound of a drum set made of pots and pans. Behind her it looks like Lace is doing her best to bury her head under Gert's mattress. Gert's in the middle of pulling her hair, a faded brown purple since she missed her weekly dying, into a pair of short ( Read more... )

[The recording device clicks on to a few minutes of silence. Then it's Gert's voice, strained with grief.]

I was too late. Because of that stupid fight, I was too late. I didn't get there in time and Chase--

[She chokes off, unable to finish the phrase. There's a quiet space, and then she's back, hard and sharp, like broken glass.But Wilder ( Read more... )