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"Well who sent the picture? They would have obviously seen ht there–"

"I don’t knoho It was private You read the text, didn’t you?"

"It’s someone you know, Sara Someone that has your number and wants this kind of reaction out of us Someone wants to break us up"

"Why would anyone want that?" I scoffed, crossing my arms "That makes no sense I have no enemies"

"But that–"

"Just drop it, okay? I don’t want to talk about this right now"

He didn’t want to, but he did, and ent to bed sleeping on opposite ends of the ap between us When I heard hirabbedup on the photo, I saw that Jaxon’s eyes were indeed open, and he was in some kind of apprehensive stance But it was just too damn blurry to know for sure Why did I want to think the worst of hi me the truth

Only… ould want to come between us?

Soht never put a face to

Nine

We never went back to nor ternored hi I alwaysti at the library, doingonhe did pissed ht as a result of this hada plate on the floor I picked on hi dirty clothes on the floor, for not putting the toilet seat down after he was finished, for not respectingout to touch me It was endless, and the reat deflation in his self-confidence

What hurt theon hirown so sick of that look of defeat on his beautifully saddened face; it’d made even more sense to steer as clear fro for it to pass, for my old self to return, but it never did

When we did spend tihts that hadfor him to leave me alone, and when he didn’t, I’d shove hiet er, and then guilt filled its place, and I’d crawl back to an eiveness He was taking ive because his love for me was that palpable