A few hours later, I was discharged from the hospital and I went home with the Jones to their house. I had school the next day. It'd be hard to explain why I looked like I had just been hit by a bus but I couldn't afford to miss another day of school. The good news was that my first class didn't start until the afternoon so that gave me time to rest at the Jones'.

I doubted that Adam would be coming home tonight after what happened in the hospital and I was relieved. No matter how much ...