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told everyone within earshot what had happened between my parents. He must have been listening to Parker and I a lot longer than I originally thought, there’s no other way he could know. I never would have told him, and neither would Parker.
    “That’s what happened?” a girl, who I faintly recognized as Emily, asked in shock. “Her dad cheated on her mother? I thought they split because of her!”
    “Her mom must be a goodie-goodie too, and not in the bad way but in the worst way. No kinky or slutty stuff in the bedroom,” Kayden’s friend, Jake, said from behind Kayden.
    I felt my chest tighten, attempting to strangle my heart as tears formed in my eyes. I glanced around to see a few people had stopped walking, and were just watching the fallout of Kayden’s reveal. They were staring at me, laughing at me, and criticizing something they didn’t understand. I turned around to say something to Kayden, but my mouth hung open as more people decided to chime in.
    “Oh look, she’s crying.” I heard someone say with fake empathy in their voice. I couldn’t tell who it was because their voices, comments, and rude remarks were buzzing in my ears.
    “I guess she didn’t want us to know what happened,” Emily stated with a condescending tone.
    “Maybe she didn’t even know,” another girl whispered to her friend.
    “Lauren,” Kayden said in a soothing tone, as if to calm me down. He snapped his fingers in front of my eyes to regain my attention away from the whispers of the crowd. “I’m so sorry, I thought everyone already knew. You were talking about it with Parker in the hallway, and I assumed since you were talking about it in such an open place that—”
    “Screw you, Kayden!” I screamed, shocking myself and everyone around me. “You do this to me all the time! You have no heart. You don’t care what happens to me, and you certainly aren’t sorry, so just shut up!” I let the tears flow as Parker grabbed me and pulled me out of the crowd. She led me through the halls and outside. Before I knew it, she was sticking me into the passenger side of my car and driving me home.
    I hated Kayden so much. I couldn’t believe he did that, and let everyone else chime in. It was painful, and no one deserved that, not even him—my own worst enemy.

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 6
     
     
    Cruel Kids
     
    After about two months of living with my mom I began to notice a remarkable improvement in my life and attitude. I was happier, and I was slowly beginning to open up. Things at home were going wonderfully, and even though Mom was still busy with unpacking, and dealing with the legal matters of the divorce, it was going wonderfully. I just wish I could say the same thing about school. I started to tear up at the memory of what happened a few weeks ago, all thanks to Kayden.
    I had been so upset at the time that I did something I would have never done in a normal state of mind. I skipped class. I even celebrated afterwards by letting loose a little bit more, and it wasn’t even on purpose. Covering for me, my mom cleared up my unexcused absence with the school and said that it was her fault because she forgot to call in to excuse me from class. Considering my track record for good behavior, the school believed her without any questions asked. It was the little things she did to support me in these tough times that made all the difference. My dad never would have done that, but Mom, she went the extra mile.
    I had to tell her everything, including how Parker led me inside the house and waited with me until I stopped bawling. If she hadn’t driven me home I would have collapsed in the hallways at school, making a scene in front of everyone. Thankfully, now all they could say was that I stormed out crying and never came back. They didn’t know, and would never know that it took almost an hour to calm down before I stopped crying. I’d been a wreck, and crashed in the first place I could, but when the