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My vision blurs — everything around me loses focus.
My own eyes stare back at me on my phone screen. A photo of me, my top half. I’m only wearing a pink lace bra. And I know with absolute certainty that’s the same notification that everyone else got.
I briefly remember Jasper taking this photo of me last week. But we had been in the middle of making out, and I got distracted when Elaine had called me. I wasn’t paying much attention to what Jasper was doing at that time.
Oh God.
Our phones ping with another notification. This time, it’s an audio attachment. My stomach churns with nausea, and I feel faint.
I can’t breathe.
Someone…anyone…help me.
I don’t open the attachment, but Elaine does. And her volume is loud enough for me to hear what’s on it.
“You like this? How much do you want it? Tell me.”
“Just hurry up, do it. I want this.”
I instantly recognize my voice and Jasper’s from the audio clip. From Friday night. My birthday. Elaine lets out another curse and quickly swipes out of her messages, slamming her phone down on the table.
My heart pounds so hard I can feel the blood whooshing between my ears. My face and neck are flushed with horrifying embarrassment. I’m so mortified I can’t even think properly.
Is it possible to be so humiliated that you want to die, right here? Right now? I wish there was a hole that would up from the ground and swallow me whole. I want to be taken somewhere faraway from here, from this mortifying chaos.
This absolute humiliation that Jasper has subjected me to.
I hear his laughter. And his friends. I can feel their stares burning into me, and their whispers mocking me. My eyes meet Jasper’s and his smirk sets me off.
Shock and rage course through me, a sea of mixed emotions. Standing up, I stalk to his table. He jumps to his feet, meeting me halfway.
My chest heaves, my breathing shaky as I stand in front of him. It takes everything in me, every ounce of courage to face the person who has taken my dignity and repeatedly stomped on it. So cruelly and heartlessly.
“You didn’t have my consent,” I hiss in his face. “To take that photo or to record that audio clip.”
His arrogant smile widens. “So what? Are you going to complain to the Headmaster? Or maybe Daddy Dearest? What are they going to do? What can they possibly do?”
My fists clench and my heart stutters once more. I’m on the verge of having a complete breakdown, but I can’t. Not now, not here. Definitely not in front of him and a crowd that’s praying for my downfall.
“You’re an asshole, you know that? An asshole who preys on girls and thinks he can get away with it because his father is the Chief of Police. You’re not invincible. Newsflash, Jasper. Everyone falls. You will too.”
“Oh yeah?” He crowds into my space and I feel like I’m going to vomit all over his shiny shoes. “But you have fallen, Little Miss Popular. You’ve fallen so low, you can’t even crawl back up. Look around you, Riley. You are a joke now.”
I don’t look.
Because he’s right.
I won’t look.
Because I’m weak.
Calm, cool and collected.
“You had your laugh, good for you. I’m not going to waste my time on your little game. You’re not worth it.”
He throws his head back and laughs.
I take a step back. Walk away, Riley.
