Theo's Secret

Theo is ugly.The girls whispered voice returned in the darkness, and sang the chant, Theo is ugly. Theo is ugly. Theo Martins sister waited for his reaction from the backseat of the family car. Eight-year-old Theo turned away. He looked at his faint reflection in the car window.Am I ugly? he wondered.Suddenly, there was a truck. There was a scream, an impact, bending metal, shattered glass, a tree...