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All I could do was stay. So that’s what I did. Because I knew deep down inside that I would sit with Lizzie Young for the rest of my life if it kept the sadness out of her eyes. If it kept her safe.
She was buzzing with excitement to see Gibs and Claire take the stage, while I was just happy to see her smile.
Without saying a word, Hugh reached for my hand and raised it to his lips. Keeping his eyes on me, he turned it over and pressed a kiss to the scars covering my wrist. My breath caught in my throat, and I thought my heart might burst. Shivering violently, I watched him kiss my shame away. Because those scars on my wrists depicted the ugliest parts of my mind. But Hugh kissed each one like they were beautiful. Like I was beautiful. Like I was still me.
“So I was wondering if you might consider loving me like a girlfriend loves her boyfriend?” “I already do,” I strangled out, unable to stop the smile from spreading across my face. “I always have.”
“What happened, Liz?” “Hugh!” Unable to hold it in another second, I flung my body at his and fell apart in his arms. Because these arms were the only arms that never left.
My one light in the darkness was the boy with whiskey eyes and a smile that healed parts of me the medicine couldn’t.
Please help, I mentally begged, and then, whether it was real or not, I placed my last shred of hope in my friend’s coat pocket. Please save me.
“If Caoimhe were here, she’d be so disappointed in you.” He sighed heavily. “Hugging the person responsible for her death.”
But how could I leave her alone in this? I couldn’t. Walking away from Lizzie Young wasn’t something I had the capacity to do.
Returning to her side was like the habit of a lifetime for me, but I did it without a hint of reservation, because regardless of how far she had fallen into the dark abyss of depression, there was no other girl on this planet I wanted to be with.
“I’ll always love you, Hugh Biggs,” Liz said when she rounded the table and stopped in front of me. Inhaling a quivering breath, she leaned down and pressed a kiss to my cheek before whispering, “No matter what.” And then she was gone.
