I should've given him more, should've crushed the whole bean and emptied it in his drink the bully. My chest was tight with anger as I stayed awake long after mommy put me back to bed. Now I'm just laying here listening to the adults talk downstairs.

I can't hear what they're saying, just the drone of their voices as they sit in the kitchen but I know it's about what just happened. It's because of me that Todd came back early, because of me that he was almost ...