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"Ouch That sounds horridly unpleasant"

He lowered his head, regarded ure out I’ured that out a while back"

"Nothing and no one interests me besides you But what’s the deal with the redhead?"

My sto Jessica’s red hair He sucked in another sharp breath

"Sorry," I said, trying to get a hold of h school It did not end well"

The recognition on his face surprised

"Her? You know about her?"

He looked down athow much he should say "I could feel your emotions even back then I didn’t even know you were real, but I could feel everything you went through growing up Your step her neck several tilad you didn’t"

"I’ain "I’ve never felt such pain from you Such absolute devastation"

I crossed my arms over ullible I am How easily I can be duped"

His features softened and he lifted my chin "You trusted her You believed you could tell her anything That doesn’t ht? And besides, I have Cookie now"

"Want me to sever her spine?"

"Cookie’s?" When he only sh his offer was so h, however, I didn’t hate Jessica I hated what she did, who she’d become, but I hated worse the fact that even to this day, I wanted her friendship Her acceptance Her approval She was like a redheaded version ofthat unconditional love that had been denied me Pathetic as that sounded

Except with Jessica, I’d had it For a little while anyway She was like the sun We laughed and cried together We cuddled and watched scary movies We lasses And we told each other our deepest and ht, after she’d shared her belief that she once saw her grandhost in her hallway, I shared with her as well I told her I could see ghosts She’d seeued So I continued