The words hit me like a slap. 

The room went dead quiet for one heartbeat, then exploded. 

Sarah shot to her feet so fast the bottle she was holding crashed to the floor, vodka splashing everywhere. 

“No! That’s fucking insane! You’re not doing this to her! Stop it right now!” Emily was already screaming, her voice cracking, “You can’t! You’ll fucking kill her! Somebody help her!” 

The other girls started yelling too, a chaotic wall of panic, but it felt distant, like their voices were coming through water.

I scrambled backward on the couch, heels digging into the cushions, trying to crawl away, but there was nowhere to go. 

My...