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"I love you soin his seat to look at me as he unclipped his seatbelt and scooted closer toflashed up in my mind, the notes, how scared I’d been, how he’d held me and told hts turned to Chester I felt my heart break even more He couldn’t have done that, surely He kne ; he wouldn’t have hurt hiled noise ca All of it, everything that had happened in the last feeeks, it had all been the love ofhim with my eyes for some other explanation, that he’d found the phone so

He nodded sadly, resting his head back against the seat "I did it because I love you I never o this far I just meant to show you that you neededhis hands in his hair

I whi for him to tell me this was soling to drive around us, blasting their horns and shouting abuse out of their s

Luke turned to me then, his eyes so sorrowful that it made my stomach ache "I was desperate I could see I’d lost you after what I did with Sandy at the party, and I just needed to get you back I need you, Maisie; I need you inwithout you You’re the only one that ever really saw me for ulped, running a hand through his hair I noticed with soratitude that he hadn’tme with his eyes to understand and listen

"So you decided the best way to win ?" A sob rose in my throat as he winced when I said about Chester "Please tell me you didn’t do that, that soed

He shook his head slowly "I didn’t ave hiht he’d be sick a few tiured you’d call me up to help you I didn’t realise it’d be that bad, I neverat hie I twisted in my seat and slapped his shoulder and chest as hard as I could, over and over "You sick, sick bastard! How could you do that? He didn’t deserve to go through that! You’re deet soain for emphasis

He grabbed htly as he restrainedmy hands down into my lap effortlessly "Maisie, please I did it all because I love you"

I glared at hiainst his hold "You can’t love me! That’s not love, that’s obsession!" I scoffed

He scowled at ain "Don’t ever think that I don’t love you," he snapped I opened ry retort, but he carried on speaking, cutting ot the idea that day at school when you saw that frog and you jumped on me I knew then that you neededWhen I’d screa scared withhim? That’s where he came up with this twisted idea? I pressed back into the door, wanting to get as far away fro ed and nodded "I didn’t mean to take it this far I just meant to send you a few notes, the flowers and stuff But the ot, the ot to getting you back," he explained casually, as if this was the most normal conversation in the world

"And that makes it okay? The fact that you didn’t mean any harm by it makes it okay in your head does it?" How could he be so casual? How could he think his actions were justified just because it showedthe life out of

He shook his head quickly, his eyesmine as his shoulders slumped "No, it’s not okay, I know that I didn’t hten you a little"

"So you could swoop in like a knight in shining ar at hiulped, nodded down at the cell phone inbecause it had been trying to connect for so long "I bought that and just ot out of hand, I lost the plot a little, I know that"

Lost the plot a little? Try a lot! Suddenly Sandy crossed ht occurred to me The police said that there was a possibility that whoever was harassing me was the same person that had killed her Oh God "Sandy," I croaked He wouldn’t have gone that far, surely