*** !!! WARNING! THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS MATERIALS THAT SOME READERS MAY FIND DISTRESSING! SUCH AS TALK OF DRUG ABUSE, TALK OF ALCOHOL ABUSE, VIOLENCE, AND GUNS! READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED! *** !!!
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Ottilyn's P.O.V.
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"After that night, Kieran went on a binge. He was MIA for almost three weeks. Missed all his exams, shut off his phone," Mal told me. "We hadn't heard from him until Derek called me one day. Told me that Kieran was in really bad shape. He was struggling to get over the betrayal from us. It was then that I decided the three of us needed to grow up."
I scoffed, and Mal averted his eyes in guilt.
"I got with his parents, and we discussed sending him away for his senior year. If
