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“I can’t not say it, Claire, because it’s the truth,” he tried to argue. “I swear to Christ, okay?” Pulling myself into a sitting position, I watched as he paced my room. “You have to believe me.”
“I don’t believe you!” I cried out hoarsely.
Gerard reared back like my words had physically struck him. “You have to believe me,” he choked out. “You, Claire. You have to believe me.”
I choked out another pained sob and covered my face with my hands.
“No, no, no, don’t do this.” Closing the space between us, he knelt on the floor next to my bed and took my hands in his. “I didn’t do it, Claire, okay?” Reaching up with one hand, he wiped at my tears, but they kept on coming. “I didn’t touch her.”
“I want to b-believe you.”
“Then believe me,” he begged, wiping more of my tears away. “Because I would never do that to you.”
“You s-swear?” Desperately trying to get a handle on my breathing, I pressed a hand to my chest and tried to calm the hysteria rising inside of me. “You p-promise you’ve n-never been with h-her?”
Nodding eagerly, he opened his mouth to speak but then hesitated. “I can promise you that I wasn’t with her that night,” he finally said.
My heart shattered once more. “Who is s-she?”
He hung his head but didn’t respond.
“Who is s-she, Gerard?” I sniffled. “Catwoman! Who is s-she?”
Silence.
“I didn’t cheat on you.”
“Who is s-she?”
“Claire, it meant nothing, I promise.”
“Who is s-she, Gerard!”
“I can’t tell you.”
“Why not?”
“Because I just can’t, okay?”
“She obviously m-means something to y-you if you’re refusing to t-tell me her n-name.”
“She means nothing to me. Okay, Claire? Not a damn thing. You’re the only girl who’s ever meant anything to me.”
“Then why would you d-do it?” I begged. “Why would you b-be with other g-girls?”
“I haven’t.”
“You h-have in the p-past.”
“I don’t know.” He released a pained groan and dropped his head. “I don’t know what the fuck is wrong with me.”
“This c-can’t go on.”
“What can’t?”
“Us.”
“Us?” His eyes were wild with panic. “What do you mean, we can’t go on?”
