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“Fable” Drew tugs on my arm so I have no choice but to cliht around ets up, the expression on her face nothing short ofher finger at es, you lunatic bitch!”

“She didn’t touch you,” Drew says in that scary ? She was all over ht be a few scratches there but nothing I can see “Look ather outstretched ar soo wide for the quickestthe apart a major bomb in the middle of a crowded room The door slams behind her and I fall onto the couch, er

“Why did she come here?” I look up at Drew Misery is written all over his face His brows are drawn, his oing to confess to oing to tell him about Vanessa too” He sits down heavily besideoff his body in waves “Should I call him? Should I be the one who tells him first? Dr Harris says I should”

I partmy throat I still can’t believe what I did How quick I jumped her, how bad I wanted to hurt her I h but I never resort to violence I never got in physical fights at school

That woman makes me want to lose my mind

“I can’t make that decision for you,” I finally say I know it’s harsh, but I won’t be responsible for Drew telling his dad or not about what happened He needs to coht I know you’re right” He blows out a harsh breath “I don’t kno to tell hih I’ive hih, and I end up runningmy arm drop “It’ll be okay,” I murmur “Don’t let that bitch bother you”

“Easy to say, not so easy to do” He looks at , Fable She’s trying to destroyher soto move past this Clearly, she still had her claws in him He looks terrified “We won’t let her, Drew I’ll stand by you no matter what I’ll support you It doesn’t matter what she says”

“What if she wants to take it further? What if…what if she wants to go to the media or whatever? Try to make me look bad around here, in the community That will destroy me Destroy my chances at a professional football career”

“Is that what you want?” He never talks about football much with me It’s like he compartmentalizes all these different parts of his life and only reveals what he thinks I should see

“Yeah” He hangs his head “I don’t knohat else I would do I’m a business major with a minor in finance I did that to please ive hi to be okay Really”

Drew settles his hand over ives it a squeeze We look at each other as he laces our fingers together and then he’s leaning in, kissingainst my lips that make my heart ache for him