He could see the tears

I didn’t sleep long when Becca started to call my cell phone. It was almost 10 pm and I was very

confused as to why she was calling me so late at night.

I knew something must have been wrong. “Becca?” I asked, groggily into the phone.

I knew right away that she was crying before she even spoke. “Something happened,” she said, her words trembling. “Rachel disappeared… but then I found her. She was passed out in the bathroom…”

“What?” I gasped, jumping up from my bed, startling Brianna who had fallen asleep beside me. “What do you mean she passed out? What happened, Becca?”

“She had a needle in her arm,” Becca cried. “She OD’d.”

I needed to get back to Higala and as soon as possible. I must have been making a ton of noise while grabbing my things because my mother came into my room with a worried look in her eyes. “Sheryl, where are you going? What’s wrong?”

“I have to go,” I told her quickly. “Something happened in Higala.”

“What is it?” My father asked, running in behind her. “It’s Ra