You Told Me To Walk So I Walked Right Out Of Your Lives Chapter 17
I smiled.
“Your aunt and I were already planning to use me as bait to lure them out.”
“You leaving early that day just gave us the perfect opportunity.”
He still shook his head, unconvinced.
“That’s only because you were prepared. If you hadn’t been, I would have been the one who put you in danger.”
I looked at him and sighed softly.
“All right. I forgive you.”
His eyes lit up.
“Really? Then I’m going home to write a ten-thousand-word self-reflection essay.”
After that, Leo’s attitude toward studying did a complete one-eighty.
Whatever I told him to do, he did.
Miller watched his grades climb, so excited she could barely speak.
“Amaris, you… you’re a miracle worker.”
I smiled.
“He’s actually very smart. He just refused to apply himself before.”
Leo poked his head out of his room.
“I like the sound of that. Keep the praise coming. Maybe I’ll get even smarter.”
Miller raised her hand and playfully pushed him back in.
Not long after, the verdicts came down.
I didn’t plead for leniency, so their sentences weren’t light.
In the end, my parents were sentenced to three and four years, respectively.
Sofia’s college acceptance was rescinded, and she would spend the next few years in prison as well.
The police dismantled the entire gang.
Because of the case, Miller was promoted.
And she and I made the front page together.