All the Lies (Mindf*ck, #4)

by S.T. Abby

I failed you worse than I ever could have imagined.” “You didn’t fail me, Jake,” I say without turning around. “We were failed by everyone else.”

I start to speak again, but he grabs my mouth, painfully pushing it closed. The worst thing he could do is what he’s doing now. Silencing me. It was the worst part of it all. Being silenced, because no one wanted to hear. Now the one person I’ve opened myself up enough to love is silencing me.

I thought love would rip my heart out. I thought it would set me on fire. Instead, it turned me into ice.