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Erin nodded and kept her hand on my arm. “Good idea. But let’s use my coat,” she said. “You’ve been out here longer than me. You’re freezing.”
She removed her blue coat and lay it at our feet. Lightning flashed on the horizon as we knelt on the fabric, followed by a growl of thunder.
I grabbed Erin’s hand and squeezed it tightly. “Let’s look at the same time,” I said, voice hoarse with emotion.
We crawled to the edge and peeked over. I expected a horrifying vision of blood, twisted limbs, shattered bones, and brain matter splattered over the rocks below. Instead, I saw a ledge about ten feet down. I didn’t know it was there earlier because Mr. Blythe and I had approached the promontory from the other side.
Jax was lying on the smooth rock shelf on his back, eyes closed. One of his arms was sticking out at an odd angle, clearly broken, but his chest was slowly rising and falling.
“Oh my god!” My pulse spiked, and I turned to Erin. “He’s breathing. He’s breathing!”
Ten feet was a long way for Jax to drop, but it seemed like most of the blow had been cushioned by Mr. Blythe’s body, which lay beneath him, all bloody and mangled. He must have landed right on top of him.
“Holy shit,” Erin said, eyes wide as saucers as she took in the scene. She swallowed audibly and scrambled backward. “I’m going to call 911. You stay here and call down to Jax. Try to wake him. Okay?”
I nodded and scooted a little closer to the edge. “Jax!” I shouted over the blustering wind. “Can you hear me?”
He didn’t answer, but his chest was still rising and falling.
“Jax!” I raised my voice an octave. “Erin’s getting help! Just stay right there. Don’t move at all!”
His eyes fluttered open. “Kinsey?” he said. “Are you here?”
“Yes!” Relief swelled in my heart. “I’m right above you. Just don’t move, okay? You’ll roll right off the edge.”
“Got it.” He blinked and sucked in a deep breath. “Are you okay?”
“I’m fine.” Tears sprang to my eyes as I stared down at him. He’d fallen off a cliff, but he was still worried about whether or notIwas all right. “How are you feeling? Are you in a lot of pain?”
“I feel great.”
My brows furrowed. “Jax, I think your left arm is broken. You must be in shock if you can’t feel it at all.”
“I can feel it, but I don’t care.” A slow grin stretched across his face. “I found you, Kinsey. I feel fucking fantastic.”
The tears were splashing down my cheeks now. I wiped my face and returned Jax’s smile. “I love you,” I called down to him. “You know that, right?”
His lips moved again, but his words were drowned out by a crack of thunder. I didn’t need to hear what he said, though. I already knew, and I’d never felt luckier in my life.
Jax Kingsley loved me.
17
RXorcist
Posted by:RXorcist, 11:04, November 29, 2021
Hello Dirt Lovers,
Today marks my final post. That’s right, I’m shutting things down for reasons that will become obvious fairly soon (to those who aren’t already in the know). I want to go out with a bang, though, so I’m going to share one last piece of dirt with all of you.
Firstly, I want you to know that this isn’t actually my story. It’s the story Cerina Vincent wanted to tell. The story that got her killed. So, without further ado, here it is.
The PTO at Crown Point Academy has been running a minor exploitation scheme for several decades. Every single member is (or has been) complicit in the scheme—teachers, parents, school administrative staff.
They used to hold their regular meetings at the Kingsley Hotel, where they discussed all of the usual school-related things. Non-PTO members were always welcome at those events if they wanted to show up for whatever reason… but they weren’t welcome at the afterparties in the cocktail lounge.
Now we know why.
