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She gathered some supplies from our bathroom closet and handed them to Allie. “I’m telling you, those boys had better not distract you, Imani. You’re set to be top ten in your graduating class, and you know how hard it is to get to the top at Redwood with everyone having the best tutors around.”
After we walked back into the living room, Mom started to clean Jace up.
“Allie!” Dad shouted as he walked into the room, looking twice as badly bruised as Mom did. Despite Mom’s hesitation with four of Redwood’s finest boys in our living room, Dad didn’t seem to mind. He squeezed Allie’s shoulder. “You think about that internship yet?”
My dad was a biochemical engineer who had been suggesting Allie apply for an internship at his work for months now. With everything going on, applying to colleges, and dealing with Jace drama during the summer, Allie had been brushing it off.
“Internship?” Jace asked.
“Don’t move, honey,” Mom said to him, stitching up his head.
“We’re working on finding someone for a bioengineering internship. I know you’re going to school for biology next year. Why don’t you give this a try? A new position just opened.” Dad smiled at Allie. “So? What do you say? You going to apply?”
“Um …” She glanced over at Jace.
“Do it,” Jace said.
“Didn’t I just tell this boy not to move?” Mom said, eyeing Poison again.
Allie nodded. “Sure. I’ll do it.”
Dad clapped his hands. “Great! I’ll set up an interview with the hiring manager.”
When Mom was finished, she pulled out an orange bottle of medication and handed it to Jace. “I’m not supposed to do this, Jace, but you’re going to need this.” She leaned closer to us and grimaced. “Don’t say this to anyone. I’m doing this because you’re Allie’s stepbrother, and that’s all.”
So, Mom did have access to some kinds of medication.
Maybe she could get Ana hers, whenever she needed it.
After Jace thanked her and my parents left the room, Allie grabbed his hand. “Jace,” she whispered, “I need to make sure that my mom is okay. I haven’t seen her in twenty-four hours, so … I need to go back to the house. I’ll meet you at Poison’s place in an hour.”
When Allie went to stand, Jace grabbed her hand. “I’m coming with you. You’re not going there alone.”
“But, Jace …” She shook her head. “He’s going to kill you.”
“Don’t worry about that,” Jace said with certainty
João placed a hand on each of their shoulders and stepped between them. “Wherever you’re going, make sure you show up to the football game this week. You’re going to want to be there. Shit is going to go down.”
