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Conor is sitting on the sofa. His words are frozen, chilling me to the bone. In this low light, his face is ghastly. He’s covered in shadows and the warm orange light, frowning at me, accusing me with a violent glare.
My thoughts run through my mind too quickly to grasp one.
I just checked the app, it says he was still at Beth’s.
What do I look like? Guilty?
Put a cheery smile on your face!
Is my hair still wet from the shower at Sam’s?
Why was he hiding in the dark? What does he know?
I can’t think anymore. My heart is beating too fast, too harshly against my ribcage. So much that I fear my thin dress is moving, trembling to the beat.
It takes me too long to compose myself, being so obviously guilty of something. But I have to try. I must.
“Conor, sweetie,” I smile. “You’re home early. Why are you sitting in the dark, silly?”
That’s too many cute names, you idiot!
“Where were you?” he asks in his cold voice again.
“I was having dinner with my mom,” I lie. How did it come so easily? Survival instinct, maybe. “Have you got your phone with you? I tried calling you about twenty minutes ago, but you didn’t pick up.”
“I forgot it at my friend’s house. Went for a poker game.”
He left his phone at Beth’s house. That’s why the app said he was still there. How long has he been here? Waiting for me in the dark? How long can I say I was gone?
When he gets his phone back, he’ll know I never called him. Too many things don’t add up, and I know one thing for sure: Tomorrow, I have to tell Sam, Rose, and Lik that we need to be more careful.
“How was the game?” I ask brightly as I make my way to him.
I approach casually, but something stops me dead in my tracks.
He’s got a glass of whiskey in his right hand. And in his left one…my contraceptive pills.
I look up at him, my body starting to tremble without my control. Drops of cold sweat form on the back of my neck, slowly rolling down my back.
“Why do you take the pill, Rachel?” he asks. His words reach me slowly to accompany the ringing in my ears.
“I don’t.” I attempt to give him a tiny laugh that comes out as a dry chuckle. “Those aren’t mine.”
“Really?” he gets up slowly. “Because I found them in our bathroom upstairs.”
That’s impossible, I always keep them in my bag.
Oh my god. I was in a rush to get to the cabin earlier to see the people I love. I took my pill upstairs and…I must have forgotten to put it back in my handbag.
How could I be so stupid? How could I betray myself like that?
His walk is slow, his eyes shining with the violence he hides within himself. He is going to hit me, I know it. I take steps back as he approaches.
“Conor,” I call out in a weak, trembling voice. Fear chokes me and holds me so tightly I can’t breathe. “T-these aren’t m-m-mine,” I sputter, anxiety numbing my tongue.
He smiles at me.
Evil. Pure evil, that’s what he is.
