″W-Will you tell Mallie,” Kase stammered through streaks of tears now. “Will you tell her I didn’t leave her because she was a bad friend? She isn’t. She’ll cry. I don’t . . .” He hiccupped. “I don’t want her to cry.”
One more act. One more step in the dance. I could pull off one more. I held her gaze, a wide smile filled with madness spread over my face. “I’m afraid!”