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Serena started to clap, then got silenced by her dad’s harsh glare

“I’ the rooh Tears formed, but I refused to let them fall

I hated him

I had let uard down

And I’d let hiain

I had believed hiain

And noished he would just die and leave me alone

I took a shower, completely numb to the world

Then I snuck into the liquor cabinet and grabbed a bottle of Jack and a protein bar

My room was cold as I wrapped the blankets around me and flipped on the flat-screen

I o drinks in when I heard his door close

I jue into his room, and slairl’s laughter

The sound of shoes hitting the floor

The mattress

I stood there like an idiot with the bottle held high, ready to strike with one hand and the other hand on the knob to his room while the sounds continued

Moaning

Laughter

Screwing

I lowered ing the bottle close to my chest

One tear fell, then another, until all I had were the sounds of the guy I loved screwing so until it couldn’t break anymore

“I hate you,” I whispered through sobs “I hate you”

Chapter Eleven

“I soet away” —Robert Louis Stevenson

Maksim

The look on her face kills me

Her outfit has my mouth dry

Tongue thick

I want to throw the entire table and pull her into my arms