Chapter 34: Pandora's box (Pt. 1)

"What are you talking about?" Priscilla exclaimed with wide eyes.

Kyle took her hands off of him, and squeezed them. "Listen… I thought you knew, OK? So try to stay calm."

He waited with his eyebrows raised until Priscilla nodded.

"To be completely honesty, I don't remember much about that day. I just remember him telling me I was his best friend, and he thanked me for always playing with him. He looked different than usual, but I just didn't say anything. The next day, Allen missed school, and the same for the following days. I was told he was sick." He said, his eyes moving up as he tried to remember as much as he could. "Allen came back to class the following week. I remember this clearly because I felt weird around him. He was strange, distant, but he was still nice to me. And I— I vaguely remember bruises around his neck."