Ch. 5 Bruised

Ch. 5 Bruised

A Chapter by theladygraceling

I get more nervous
and I start shaking
as I get closer and closer
to the front of the line.

Will tries to get me
close to the front
so I can get it over with,
but I would rather
just not do it
at all.

There are only two people
between me
and the family.

I try escaping
to the back of the line
but Will grabs my shoulders and keeps me in place.

"You can do this,"
he whispers to me.
"They know it wasn't your fault.
It wasn't your fault."

I don't answer.

I see her parents first.
Their eyes are red and so are their noses.
Her dad has shadows under his eyes,
dark like bruises.
Her mom has eyeliner smudging
under her eyes,
like bruises too.

She asks me if I'm okay.
But her voice is flat
and I know she doesn't mean it.
She's just trying to be nice.

When she looks at me
I feel scared
because I know what she's thinking.
This is the girl
that killed my daughter.
I try to ignore it
and I tell them,
in a whisper,
because that's as loud as I can speak,
"I'm sorry."

Her mom starts sobbing again.
She pulls me in close.
I don't hug her back.
But she doesn't notice.
"Oh darling,"
she says a lot.
"At least you're all right."

It's too hard
for me to tell
if she means it.

But I can't imagine
that she does.

She squeezes me
one last time
then she lets me go,
and I move over feeling worse than before.


© 2014 theladygraceling


Author's Note

theladygraceling
Please let me know if there are any spelling or grammatical errors and leave comments below! Thanks for reading!
--theladygraceling

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