Chapter 56

“My grandma,” I said, not hiding it at all. But just as the words left my mouth, my grandma suddenly started yelling incoherently, her voice rising in frantic, restless pitch. My face went pale as I turned to look—she had somehow gained an incredible amount of strength. One hand shoved Kevin Walker aside while he was doing her checkup, the other pushed Summer Lewis away as she tried to calm her. Then grandma started slamming her forehead against the table over and over again! I knew she had a tendency to hurt herself, but seeing it with my own eyes was something else entirely—it honestly scared the hell out of me. I froze for a good ten seconds before finally snapping out of it. Summer and I rushed over to hold her down together, while Kevin gave her a sedative. But just halfway through, she suddenly lost it again, like she'd seen something terrifying, and yanked the needle right off. She scratched my face and broke free from us, then curled up in a corner, crying and screaming about d