The Girl Who Saved Me Chapter 2

"Let go of me! Just let me die!"

The wind whipped strands of her hair across her face, and fat, hot tears splattered onto my cheek.

"I just found out today," she sobbed, her voice cracking. "To my family, I’m nothing more than a living organ bank for my sister."

Her name was Sophia, and her face was a mess of tears and despair.

"The only reason I exist is to be sacrificed for her. Don't try to talk me out of it. I'll destroy this body before I let them get what they want!"

"I'm not going to talk you out of it," I said flatly.

She stared at me, stunned into silence.

"I just saw you taking up the best spot," I continued, "and you weren't jumping. So I pulled you down." I shrugged. "If you need more time to work yourself up to it, let me go first. I’m on a deadline."

Sophia’s mouth opened and closed, but no words came out. The comments above her head, however, were scrolling frantically.

[Seriously? Now there’s a line for jumping off a roof?]

[This new girl seems a little unhinged. Hope she doesn’t mess with Sophia’s head. We need her to stay healthy for our heroine.]

[Knew it. Sophia is all talk. Who is she trying to scare with all this crying?]

Sophia’s eyes widened in disbelief. "Why are you so desperate to die?"

I sat on the edge of the roof, dangling my legs over the side with a carelessness I didn’t feel.

"Because my parents told me to."