THE ELITE'S TABOO LOVE

roadways slick, the Subaru station wagon slides to a stop in

my own mother has fool

t said anything since we backed out of the driveway, so

ike nothing happened? She continues to stare forward

ngue lolls as he joyfully climbs into the backseat, thinking he's heading to the p

vet is far be

releases her seatbelt. "Okay.

ne is worn out, and she has a hard look. "I called the police yesterday to report Mr. Philips. We

rises up my neck, my stomach drops. "

made no su

ore Sam pushes me in

d my thinking. My phone is

out to grab it, but she clings to

eded as evidence

use I should have destroyed the proof that was on my phone. Sam instructed me to erase that, and I convinced him that I had done

could go visit the principle. If he feels that

s the superintendent. And a balsam is his mother! You believe they'll want

iptoeing down the stairs and silently followed me outside and around the corner to where S

ith my English teacher, or that I tried to convince her, while standing on a sidewal

must fulfill a commitment, Vanessa. When they learn that their adolescent daughter had b

as some filthy old man. Sam is charming and entertaining and looks to be in his early twenties. He rides a motorcycle, is dressed in ripped jeans and Vans, and e

am, by the way? Stop lying to me; I am aware of everythin

I keep denying it, we won

And he cherishes me. As he informed me. After school is out, we have hushed conversations while he helps me with my college application portfolio in bet

of sympathy in them. Vanessa, you're only sixteen years old.

different

een a lie. He will tell you anything you want to hear if it means

e mist

if I am because you are n

ap the dashboard with my palms. She is not attentive. How I fee

reen. In the five minutes it took to get there, the automobile didn't even have time to w

body is getting

other must attend the same high school. The rumors, the chatter, the. She exhales heavily. "I'm sure questions regarding our

s not just as keen to keep this quiet as Sam and I

treated like an adult so badly. Act as if you deserve it

hat the vow is meaningless even as I yell the

a long time from now, when you become a p

ollowed by that. She wasn't always seventeen and in love, though. "You can'

e of his students, then

exploitin

today, and tomorrow it will

t I can infer that I'm

gh. "It happe