Prologue

"NO! Not my baby! Not my little girl!"
These were Mum's only words hours before the incident.
Marlyn is-was- eleven months older than me. She wasn't my sister, she was my best friend.
And now she isn't here. Things never go my way.
Now it's my turn.
School versus sickness.
I'm not Marlyn. I can juggle both of them. Can't I?