Until earlier today, that is. I’d just dropped off resumes at a few stores in the Halifax Shopping Centre. Summer’s coming soon and I’ll be sixteen in July, so I’m looking forward to getting my first real job. So, anyway, I was making the rounds in the food court on the upper level when I saw Carrie heading toward me. I don’t know if she’d already seen me. She looked startled when she got close and glanced in my direction, but that could have been an act. Everything with Carrie is an act. She was alone, and as soon as she saw me she made a beeline in my direction. I stood my ground, chin up, and waited while she walked right up to me. “I guess you know by now that you made a big mistake when you decided to cross me,” she said. “I made a big mistake when I decided to be friends with you,” I answered. I should have left it there. I should have let it go and walked away. But there was so much anger in me! It had been building for days, which is why I couldn’t help but add, “You shouldn’t think that you’re going to get away with any of this.”
