The Second Chance She Stole

tchen table with a practice SAT b

D case she' d found in my room. It was a classical mus

ma. No lyrics. It

melody without words can carry a worldly spirit. It plants seeds of pride and

cross from me, slowly eating a bowl of oatmeal. Molly just s

n' t have the energy to fight a battle I had

o the library,

ring parent. "Why must you always run away from this hous

imply. It also had computers with intern

y, I was thinking... maybe we could study togeth

time I helped her. I

voice cold. "I s

public computers, running through online practice tests, downloading study guides, and secretly working on my college app

It had a plain brown cover, the kind you' d put on a bible. But as she turned a page, I caught a glimpse of the cover art beneath: a sh

me in the hallway. "People at

I asked, not

if I' d seen that new vampire movie and I didn' t know what she was talking

TV," I sai

he library. You could just... I don' t know, print out some stuff

ule. You told her it was a wonderful idea. You said I should

r behind me. I could hear her let out a frustrated hiss o