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“I promise I’ll be back first thing in the morning,” she says.
“Love you,” I tell her.
“Love you back,” she says, smiling before leaving the room, closing the door behind her.
I sigh, trying to keep the tears from falling. I’m feeling overwhelmed, and I’m just ready for things to get back to normal.
I flip the pages of Mallory’s journal, not really stopping on anything. I know I need to read the last page. I’m just scared. With shaking hands, I flip to the back of the journal. I gasp when I notice that the date is the day before she was found.
It’s me. Today feels different. I almost told Marley everything last night, but I chickened out at the last second. I know she would have been there for me. I know she would have let me use her phone and call Beau. She probably would have found a way to take me to him, but instead, I became a shell of myself, like I have been for the last month. Nothing feels the same anymore.
I know it’s silly to feel like I’ve lost a part of me. I was barely pregnant. I never even knew if I was having a boy or a girl, but it doesn’t matter, I still feel the loss. I can’t help but constantly think about what might have been.
Would I have been a good mom? Would Beau have been a good dad? Would our love have lasted? Could we have stood the test of time? I like to think so. He’s the first and only boy I’ve ever loved.
I don’t think I have a purpose here anymore. I just want to be wherever my baby is. I don’t want to feel this pain, emptiness, and guilt any longer.
I wipe the tears falling down my face and flip the page. There’s a letter to me. My heart drops to my stomach, thinking about her being locked up in her room alone, writing this shit down. Where the fuck was I? I can’t even remember. The events of that day are a blur.
“Marley?”
“Yeah?” I press mute on the phone, whispering over at Delaney.
“I’ve got to step outside, it’s Mitch,” I tell her.
She gives me a thumbs up, and I get up, walking out to her porch.
“What’s up?” I ask.
“You need to get home. Now,” he says.
He sounds rushed. Almost scared in a way.
“What’s going on?”
“Get home. Don’t ask any more questions, just come the fuck home,” he says, before hanging up.
I stare down at the phone. What the hell is his problem?
“Hey, Del, I’ve got to head home. I’ll come back here in a few,” I tell her, opening the door to yell inside.
I don’t know if she hears me, but I walk down her back steps, towards the front law. It’s convenient that my best friend only lives down the street.
Once I’m out front, that’s when I see the lights. There are so many lights. It looks like an ambulance, and some cop cars for sure.
“What the fuck?” I curse, picking up my pace.
I think they’re parked in front of my house. I take off running down the street and find Mitch standing in the yard. He looks like he might be looking for me.
“Marley, fuck,” he says, pulling me in for a hug.
“What the fuck is going on? Where’s Mal?” I ask, looking around.
All our neighbors are outside. I don’t see my parents anywhere. That’s when I see the stretcher being brought out, a white sheet over a body.
“Who the fuck is that? What’s going on?” I yell, pushing Mitch off me.
He doesn’t have to tell me, because I know. I know who it is.
