Chapter 172: CASSIE

I hurried to class feeling happier than I had in a long time while walking these halls. For the past year or so life has been hell. Having to come here each day and see her, knowing what she'd done, and so much more. It was getting harder and harder to face coming here.

I don't know what I would've done had Sian and her family not moved here. Or had she and Jace not become a couple. It was only my association with them that had saved me, and my sanity I'm sure.

Now Jace had put the ultimate smack down on that horrible monster and I couldn't be happier. The only thing that would've been better is if she'd died...better not go there. It's been a while since I let myself remember that night. And even longer since I stopped worrying endlessly.

I wanted to run and skip like the kid I once was but didn't want to give too much away. I already suspect that Sian and Jace know something about Mandy and my dad, and I've been avoiding them somewhat so as not to have that conversation. If I s