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After another day of bliss, we finally leave the beach house.
“Do you have everything?” he calls, and I grab my cell phone just as it vibrates.
Unknown: I missed you this weekend.
Huh. I frown at the message.
Remi: Who is this?
Unknown: Come on, you know who it is...
Remi: Bexley? Is that you? NOT FUNNY... and don’t text me again.
Weirdo. His behavior is becoming more and more unstable. I see the way he watches me around school, the contempt burning in his eyes. He’s pissed that I’m with Ace. Bitter that I didn’t choose him.
Not that there was ever a choice to make.
“Princess?” Ace appears in the door and I shove my cell in my pocket, pasting on a smile.
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“I think that’s all of it. I wish we didn’t have to leave so soon.”
“Hey.” He stalks toward me, cupping the back of my neck. “Maybe we can make it a regular thing. You know, if the job with Gunner sticks.”
“I’d like that.” I press a lingering kiss to his lips and Ace chuckles.
“Keep that up and we might never make it out of here.”
“We should probably get back.” Mom had texted me, asking us to meet them at the house.
“What do you think they want?” Ace says coolly, and I know he’s worried about what we’ll find when we get back.
I shrug. “Oh, you know. The usual. Mom will tell me I need to focus on school, and James will probably want a father-son talk about the birds and the bees.”
“He’s about five years too late for that.”
“Five?” I gasp. “You mean, you were having sex when you were—no, don’t tell me.” My nose scrunches. “I don’t want to know.”
“Hey,” his voice drops. “You have nothing to worry about.”
“Yeah, and why’s that?”
“Because all those other girls... they meant nothing. I might have been your first time. But you were mine too, Remi.”
“Ace...” My voice is thick with emotion.
“Come here.” He ropes his arm around my shoulder, drawing me into his side. “It’s you and me, Princess.” Ace guides us out of the beach house and toward his bike.
“I like the sound of that.”
Our bubble of bliss is short-lived. The second we step foot in James’ house, I know something is wrong.
“What the fuck?” Ace mutters from behind me. The place is trashed.
Shattered glass litters the hall, and I’m pretty sure there’s a hole in the wall. “Is that...”
“Blood.” Ace leans in to inspect the splatter of dark red around the edge.
