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I take the paper and cut hiives me a look that says he doesn’t believe me "Really, I’m okay I’m over it Almost Well, most of the time Today just threwand remember the letter in my textbook "Remember how I told you that my family was pissed when I left?" He nods "Well, that’s true, but it waswhether or not to tell hie from my throat They’ve been stuck there for years

Before I realize it, I’otand drove away I never went back I didn’t tellI don’t use Facebook or Twitter I picked the worst place I could i short of change ht it worked No one foundto me in four years"

I slip the envelope out of ers "Until today My brother senttoo much I shouldn’t tell him this, but I can’t stop

Peter watches me as I speak I haven’t told anyone any of this No one here knoas raped No one knows anything Shame flushes my face red and I look away from him I hand Peter the envelope and sit down on top of le down in front of me

Peter takes the envelope and flips it over in his hands, before looking up at"I don’t know Throw it out Change my name" I stare atat the envelope when I glance at him

I shake my head "It wasn’t like that Oh God, I don’t…" I stutter and rub my face with the heel of my hand When I look up at Peter, I want to tell hi will hurt me

"I never told anyone, besides s that I want to forget "I knew hiuy that…" raped h there isn’t enough and look away fro I wasn’t ready to have sex He was He took what he wanted He said he’d do it again--that no one would believe me

"I found my mom after the first ti They said it was a date, that maybe I misunderstood orhis best friend--and said his friend would never do anything like that They blaaze lifts and connects with Peter’s "That was ry "You don’t even know the sickest part My parents liked the guy that did this to ether"

"So, it didn’t stop?" Peter’s are under his shirtsleeves

I shake my head "No," my voice is a whisper Meh it’s really there The story is sothe necklace that hides the scar I can’t tell hihts back My voice is soft I twist et away from him And I didn’t tell anyone else My parents didn’t believe e without telling anyone I found this place and they gaveI needed I ran away and haven’t looked back"

Peter says nothing for a long tiaze pierces y "You don’t have anything to apologize for"

Peter shakes his head as he wraps his arht I first s, but I shouldn’t have And I sure as hell shouldn’t have asked you to leave"

"You didn’t"

"It was the equivalent of kicking your ass out" Peter sighs and runs his hands through his hair "Listen, it’s not an excuse, but you should know that it wasn’t you About a year ago, so happened I lost someone I’m not over her" His voice catches Peter doesn’t look at me "I tried to ht we met I couldn’t tell you, then I’m not sure I can tell the whole story now--"<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>