ire burned through every muscle. My vision started to
gasped, my vo
's voice boomed from the doorway. "
unyielding. "Stop being dramatic, Molly.
ugh concrete scraping my skin. They didn't see m
e brother, Ryan. He was only seven, and his eyes were wide with
me, his movements s
d, holding out the b
my mother's sharp voi
et away
e arm, pulling him back. "Don't you da
ing? You're a bad influence. You're a quit
small body shaking. "Bu
dragging him out of the garage.
my legs was now an unbearable agony. My body was screaming, but the pain in
the garage door flew open again. This ti
frantic. "We have to go. It's Gra
gs gave out instantly, and I collapsed onto the concrete floor,
, kicking my foot. "We have to
trembled and failed. My vision swam. "I
the act!" she shrieked. "W
ely conscious, with the responsibility of my seven-year-old brothe