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It’s over. It’s been over for two years. He’s wrong. If it was over, then what the hell has this entire trip been? The sex. The kiss. The need to hold me. We aren’t done.
She could be singing a musical horrendously off-key with food all over her face, and I’d still see her as my own fucking angel.
“I love how romantic you are,” she says. “I know you keep saying you’re not, but you really are. You’re just as needy as me.”
“What are you going to do when I go to Hawaii with my family in January?” “Burn your passport before you can leave.”
“You’re doing so good, Freckles,” I say, kissing below her ear as I thrust harder. My voice is shaky, but I keep praising her. “Taking it so fucking well.”
She’s like my own sunrise. Beautiful. Perfect. She fills a part of me that’s been empty and dark for as long as I can remember.
“One of these days, I hope whatever you drug me with kills me. Then I’ll be free of you.”
It’s like a mixture of love and not being able to breathe unless she’s around – thoughts that run wild wondering what she’s doing, where she is, if she’s thinking of me. It’s the butterflies that flutter like maniacs when I know I’m going to see her soon. The Stacey Rhodes Effect.
eyes wrinkling at the corners as I smile. “The world would need to hide if we ever had children. They’d undeniably be heathens.”
“Because I love you. I’ve been in love with you for ages – it’s been all I’ve thought about. And I keep falling more in love with you every single fucking day.”
“I don’t want him arrested; I want him dead.”
Maybe if I die, I’ll reincarnate into a dog. Stacey likes dogs. She’ll cuddle me.
“Make them go away, Freckles.” “Make what go away?” I manage to ask. “The voices.”
Kade: Run and hide. Unless you want everyone to witness me fucking you? Having an audience won’t stop me – I’ll take you in front of the entire party.
“Always such a good girl when you’re on your knees for me. Taking every inch, your throat welcoming me home.”
“I knew you were delicious, Freckles,”
“If your family can’t get the job done, I need you to watch Stacey. I need you to keep Stacey safe for me while I’m gone.”
I wanted to tell her that I’ve already broken rule five. That she can have every fractured shard of my heart, if only she knows how to fix it back together – but I’m an asshole, and I broke her heart instead.
But do I want a future with her? Undoubtedly yes.
Staying silent and in your head just invites the bad thoughts inside, with no one to keep you on the right path.
Look at me now, my little princess. Daddy’s gone, and he’s never coming back.
He reminded me of what it felt like to be alive.
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