C56 Alex's condition

Maria

The next day, I was in my room locked up as he says. Curled in a ball on the bed, sobs wracked my body. My best friend could die and it was all my fault. I should have been the one stabbed, not innocent Alex. He didn't deserve this pain. I promise to go after she was asleep at night.

After night fell, I crept downstairs while my father snored drunkenly. Slipping out the back door