Chapter 8

The next few days passed by in a blur. I didn’t bother leaving my room when Keith was around and I only left it to use the bathroom when he was gone. It was a pathetic life but that was all I knew.

I hadn’t attended any of my classes and Olivia kept calling and texting but when she realised I wasn’t ever going to respond to her, she came over looking for me so I could help out with the Art Show. But I just wasn’t in the mood. I didn’t want to see anyone much less have a conversation with them, afraid I might just up crying and then they would ask what was wrong. I was not ready for that conversation.

“Jake?” Keith asked for the hundredth time but got no response. “Dude, I don’t know what happened to you but it’s not like you to miss your classes much less not eat something for over a week. I am getting really worried because I don’t know whether you are still alive there.”

I could hear the worry in his and it broke my heart that I was making him worry so much about me.

“Please tal