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Now that I’m out of the harpy’s orbit, I feel myself relax again. Mine and Rachel’s future awaits us.
The excitement makes my ears whistle with the melody of freedom.
“Congrats. I can’t wait for you to become my bribed attorney,” he smiles back at me.
“Ha. Very funny,” I say as I put my seatbelt on.
The silence is a little too long.
“Are you for fucking real,” I snap. “In your dreams.”
He chuckles and starts the car. “You sure you don’t want to go to the Murrays’? They’re gonna be celebrating all of your guys’ achievements.”
“Nah.” I let my head fall against the headrest and glance outside. The weather is beautiful, it’s warm and sunny. Students from Stoneview Prep are walking around with diplomas and hats in their hands. Everyone is blissful.
And the best thing in all of that?
Bianco is gone.
I let a long breath of relief escape my lungs.
“I can’t believe it,” I smile. “He’s gone.”
I never imagined a life without Mateo Bianco. I never imagined what freedom would feel like.
Light.
I’ve got butterflies in my stomach, and I can’t stop smiling. I’m going straight to Rachel’s house. I can hardly believe her mom didn’t think I’d get in the way of her plan. She wanted her to do some dumbass online course and get engaged to Conor McGill. I chuckle to myself. As if.
It doesn’t matter, though. She’s escaping Stoneview with me. We’ll figure something out. We always do. I’m going to marry this girl one day.
“Are you not dropping me off at Rachel’s?” I ask as we pass the sign that says, ‘Thank you for Visiting Stoneview – See you soon!’
Nate simply shakes his head and keeps driving. My heart drops in my stomach from fear and my brain starts to overwork itself with that fucking listing coping mechanism.
2019, 36,120 – 2018, 36,560 – 2017 37,473 – 2016…
“Fuck,” I groan as I shake my head.
“Relax, Ozy.” His voice is soft, and I’m not used to it sounding that way. “I can hear you listing shit in your head. Will you stop?” I don’t reply, and so he keeps going. “What is it?”
I huff and run a hand through my hair. It’s so fucking annoying. “Motor vehicle deaths in the U.S. by year.”
“God, your head is a dark place,” he cackles. “I’m not going to get us killed.”
“It’s not that. You said you were taking me somewhere, and you’re not. You don’t exactly have a record of planning lovely surprises.”
“Don’t worry, I’m not kidnapping you.”
I nod and look out through the window again. “I don’t know how to live life without worrying about what’s going to happen next,” I admit in a quiet voice.
“I know.” He sounds like a man full of regrets. Yet, how could he when he’s just saved all of us? “You’ll get used to it. You’ve got your whole life in front of you, and no one will take that away. Or I will fucking end them, trust me. We didn’t go through all this shit for something to happen now.”
It makes me laugh as I look at him. His bun is perfect, keeping his dark blond hair away from his face. He’s wearing a night blue suit that matches his eyes and a slight smile stays on my lips. Women probably fall head over heels for him.
“I bet you fuck a lot,” I drop.
His eyes snap to me, shooting daggers. “Don’t say that to your older brother. I’m not talking about sex with you.”
