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She gives him a calculated look. “Don’t act like I killed someone. I’m not the one who has a murderer for a brother, am I, Annalisa?”
Oh. No. She. Didn’t.
Annalisa’s head snaps over to Kaitlyn so fast I get whiplash. “What?” she asks lowly, almost as a warning.
“Ryan said the Luke Montley who’s going to rot in prison for killing his dad comes from your white-trash family,” she basically sings, loud enough for the whole hallway to hear.
Annalisa and Luke have different last names, so when his came out in the news, no one harassed her since they didn’t know he was her brother. Even though Annalisa doesn’t have the greatest relationship with her brother, we all know how much this is affecting her, and how bothered she is by her brother being in this kind of trouble. I put a hand on Annalisa’s arm, warning her not to react the way Kaitlyn wants her to.
“Does your brother get his jollies from killing innocent old men? Is that what you do in your spare time, too, Anna?”
Suddenly, whatever was holding me back before disappears from my mind since it’s no longer me Kaitlyn’s threatening, it’s my friend. Brushing past Noah, I get so close to Kaitlyn that I can count each eyelash.
“Tread very carefully here, Kaitlyn,” I warn, my voice low, making sure she understands every word I’m saying. “I know your mom’s the principal and you think you’re untouchable, but I promise you, push the wrong buttons and nothing’s stopping us from pushing back.”
“I’m just stating facts,” Kaitlyn says confidently, no fear in her eyes at all.
Annalisa moves around Noah, assuring him she won’t do something stupid, and I step back so that she can stand in front of Kaitlyn. It takes Annalisa a great deal of strength to stand so near Kaitlyn and be somewhat calm. I can tell she’s fighting every instinct in her body that tells her to destroy Kaitlyn.
“Talk about me or my family again, and I will find you, and I will make sure that no amount of reconstructive surgery will be able to fix your face.”
The tone that Annalisa uses sends shivers down my spine, and she’s not even talking to me. To Kaitlyn’s credit, she looks completely unfazed by Annalisa’s promise. It’s probably something she’s heard plenty of times before from Annalisa. Kaitlyn actually smiles, as if she just won some game that Annalisa and I weren’t even aware we were playing.
“Just stay on your shitty side of town and we won’t have a problem.”
Satisfied, she turns around and struts off, shoving a freshman out of her way and into a locker without a thought as she continues down the hall, Makayla at her side.
“Whoa, someone took an extra dose of their evil psychopath pill this morning,” Noah says as Kaitlyn disappears around the corner.
I don’t hear what Annalisa replies, my brain focusing on what was just said. Secrets don’t stay secrets forever.
Here I was, excited to trade insults with Kaitlyn like the good old days and feel back to normal in our routine, our simple, safe routine in comparison to murder attempts and political scandals, but obviously Kaitlyn’s stepping up her game. Does she know something? Is she close to exposing me? If she doesn’t already know and digs deep enough, she’s going to stumble onto a secret that’s much bigger than she, or anyone, could’ve ever imagined.
