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I don’t answer that. Has he changed? Or is there something in this for him? Is he playing the long - very long - game? So help me if he intends to fuck with Raven in the long term. I grit my teeth, fists curling.
“Do you love her?” I spit, dreading the answer.
“She’s very easy to love, is she not?” he counters. That’s not an answer though, is it? It makes me…I don’t know. Uncomfortable? Jealous? I don’t want to think about it too closely.
“I don’t love her,” I lie and Baxter gives me a look that immediately cuts through my bullshit. I’m not going to admit it though, even if we both know the truth.
“Look, you said you needed my help?” Baxter prompts. It’s probably for the best that the conversation gets moved onto safer ground.
“I’m going after Tilly. I want your help,” I tell him.
“That fucking bitch?” Baxter spits.
“She’s behind all of this, if Michael was to be believed.”
“Doesn’t surprise me at all. Her reach knows no bounds. She destroyed several girls’ lives, even at my school.”
“Shit? She reached all the way to Knox Academy?” I ask, aghast.
“Yeah. I’d happily see her taken down. What do you plan to do?”
“Seduce her. Make her fall in love with me. Gain her trust. Destroy her,” I state it like it’s oh so simple, when I know it will be anything but.
“Sounds like you’ve got this already taken care of. What do you need me for?”
“I need you to do the same.”
Recognition dawns on Baxter’s face and I know he gets the message. It’s time to give Tilly a taste of her own medicine. I just hope that Raven can forgive me when it’s all done.
“She’ll hate us both, you know,” Baxter voices my fear. There’s no question of who he’s referring to. Raven.
“I know. But it’s a risk I have to take.”
“There’s no risk. It’s a given. She’ll never forgive you. She’ll never forgive me either.”
He sounds sad. I don’t blame him; it’s a huge ask. They’re close. I think he loves her. She’ll hate us.
“I know. But don’t you think it’s worth it? Are you in? Can I count on you?”
“Absolutely.”
His one word answer fills me with relief. I sigh and nod.
“Let’s get started. Can you track her down?”
“Consider it done.”
“Call me when it’s sorted. I’ll be ready to leave at a moment’s notice.”
He goes to get started straight away, leaving me alone with my thoughts.
There’s no escaping this. Since the moment I laid eyes on Raven and she pressed play on that tape, I knew I needed to make someone pay. For Lizzie and for her. I need to make things right somehow, even if it means losing Raven forever in the process. I’m just keeping everything crossed that once I’m done and can explain why, she’ll let me spend the rest of my life making it up to her.
Because if I’m honest with myself, now that I have her back in my life, I’m not prepared to let her go again. For anything or anyone.
Charlotte’s Diary
29/10/19
