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“Shit,” I mutter as I rush over to turn off the spout I scramble for the dish towel toaloud when , and I’m not even sure why at this point

“River?”

“Just…just hold on, okay?” I snap I finish soaking up the water Thankfully, I caught it before it eout the dish towel in the sink

I stick rab onto the stopper, I feel a sharp sting onout of the sink I cut lass

“River?” Mako says again, sounding impatient

“What? What do you want, Mako?” I return his impatience tenfold

My finger is bleeding, e of tears

“You left without a word and haven’t answered my calls for the past two days Did you think I wouldn’t be worried?”

“Yes, actually I did Rest assured, I’m fine”

He sighs I ignore it as I rush to the bathroom to find the peroxide and a band-aid I pour peroxide on it and inspect the wound It’s pretty superficial, but deep enough to cause a scar Now I definitely won’t be able to hide my mistake from Ryan

I rinse off the blood and wrap a band-aid around it tightly

“You don’t sound fine” I pause, watching the last of my blood circle down the drain

“I was fine until you called” Truth

Ryan has reverted back to his old self Loving Sweet Thoughtful AndHe hasn’t shown his dark side to me since the day I camaybe I just overreacted It’s hard to picture innow

He bought me yet another new phone, fired the secretary he cheated on ne to celebrate I nearly drank the whole bottle and let hiht, despite my bruised and broken body I covered