How could he mess everything up again? What is Dad going to say? What is Dad going to do? "Daddy'll kill you," I pleaded. Holden had been kicked out of every college Dad put him in, and now Dad would have to find him a new one! How many more! I flopped on the bed and put a pillow over my head. How many more? "C'mon, Phoeb, take that goddam thing off your head. Nobody's gonna kill me..." he held. If only he knew.

I pulled the pillow tighter over my head as Holden tried to pull it off. Why did he have to mess everything up? I love him so much, but he always gets himself in trouble! Now what will happen when Dad finds out? Dad would have to try again, pulling in favors and pulling strings just to get Holden into another prep school. Holden'll...