Chapter 34 Friendships

• The next day, when Calum is driving me home, I murmur, “Amelia didn’t come to school today.” 
• Today is the fourth time she’s missing school. Dad said her mother called to inform him on all occasions. She left messages on our WattsApp group. Rose and Taylor think it’s just a sickness like Amelia said but I think it’s something more. Something she doesn’t want to tell us. 
• “I’m worried,” I say. Stroking my shorts, I wait for him to speak. “But she told us she was fine.”