my thoughts. Oh, this hurts. “When I was seventeen, I dated a guy for a few months who I thought was pretty nice. I was a virgin, which he would tease me about, but I didn’t care. I was only seventeen, for Christ sake. “Well, long story short, he took things too far one night. We were at my house. My parents were at some party, and we were alone, and he…” I stop talking and look out the window, not seeing the buildings and trees, swamped in shame. “He raped me.” Luke inhales sharply, his face contorted in anger. “Motherfucker.” “That’s not even the worst part.” I laugh mirthlessly with the
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