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“What’s the truth?” Maddie asked, “And where is Fox?” She grabbed my arm and flipped me around. “What is going on?”
I looked into my baby sister’s innocent eyes and hated how I knew they’d change when I told her what really happened. “Maddie, please.” I closed my eyes to block out my own pain. I felt a wave of nausea cross over me and I pressed the back of my hand to my mouth to fight it off.
“D!” Maddie snapped angrily.
“Fox killed Blaine.” I said in a whisper and opened my eyes as the last of the words left my lips. “He was arrested and pled guilty to it.”
“What?” She asked with wide eyes and her mouth open. She took a step back like the news tried to blow her over physically. “That doesn’t-.” She shook her head and swallowed, clenching her jaw hard. “They were best friends.”
“I know.” I cried, swiping angrily at the tears that fell over my lashes. Pregnancy hormones were a bitch on a good day, and today was the worst day. “I didn’t believe it either, until I heard Fox’s statement, detailing it.” I cringed and shuddered as the mental images violated my brain again. “I’m sorry.” I whispered.
“You.” She hissed and took another step away from me. “This is because you were fucking him.”
“Maddie.” Colt snapped, stepping off his bike but I held my hand up to stop him. She needed to get this off her chest.
She continued. “This is because you came between them!” She looked so angry, I couldn’t remember another time I saw that much anger in her eyes, especially aimed my way. “You just couldn’t leave him alone could you!” She pointed at me, “This is your fault. And you didn’t even tell me! You hid it from me because you knew I’d hate you for it.”
“Yes.” I agreed, speaking of the fear that had weighed me down since I learned that Blaine was dead to begin with. “I’m sorry, Maddie, I didn’t know it was going to happen. I didn’t know.”
“Bullshit!” She screamed and tears fell down her face. “I have to get out of here.” She turned around and ran inside. Seconds later she came back with her car keys and her backpack.
“Where are you going?” I chased after her as she ran to the street where she parked, “Please stop.”
“Fuck you!” She screamed, never turning around to look at me. “Stay away from me.”
“Please, Maddie,” I begged, grabbing her arm before she slid into the car. “You’re all I have. We only have each other now.”
“Wrong!” She screamed in my face. “You took everything from me with your selfishness, and now you’re dead to me.”
“No.” I whispered in horror.
“I never want to see you again, Delilah, I swear to god if I ever have to look at your guilty face again, I’ll strangle you with my own two hands.”
She shoved me backwards and I fell onto my ass on the rough pavement as she got in her car and tore off down the road. I pulled my legs toward me in the last second before she ran them over, not even caring about inflicting bodily harm against me.
She was done with me.
She didn’t care about me.
I was alone.
And pregnant.
And alone.
“Come here,” Colt said gently as he slid his hands under my elbows and pulled me up to stand, “Let’s get out of the street before you get hit.”
“Don’t touch me.” I whispered but I didn’t have conviction behind it.
“It’s not your fault.” He said firmly but I didn’t look up at him. “There are circumstances to it, Delilah.”
“What does that mean?” I finally looked up and he stared down at me with something on his face that I couldn’t read.
“I can’t explain more. But I need you to come with me to see Fox.”
“No.” I shook my head and pulled my arms from Colt’s hands. “I don’t want to see him.”
“You need to.”
