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“Are you serious?”
“Yes,” he answers sharply, not giving any more explanation.
“Rex,” I start, stress in my tone. “I don’t want to do this shady.”
“You’re not doing shit; it’s me.”
With that, he goes back to his work.
My eyes get heavy, all energy for an argument gone, and just before I fall asleep, what I need to do to make this right hits me.
I don’t deserve this.
Rex doesn’t.
Margie doesn’t.
Any other girl who James has manipulated doesn’t.
It’s time I stand up for myself.
* * *
“Have you even slept?”I ask the question as my eyes slowly open to find Rex in the same spot he was in my bed last night, the computer still on his lap.
An easy smile hits my lips.
All this time, I was scared he’d leave me after finding out about James, about the photos, but he’s here, by my side and ready to fight this out with me.
I’ve always loved my relationship with Rex, but now, it’s so much more. My heart bursts with so much passion for this man.
I loved him in high school.
I tried fighting my attraction in college.
Now, there’s no doubt, no fighting. This is the only man who will own my heart.
He stole my heart the day he tried bribing me to write a damn Shakespeare paper.
“Morning, sunshine,” he says, paying me a quick glance, his eyes sleepy, before going back to work on the computer. “I got a few hours.”
Guilt consumes me.
He’s losing time to work on his video game.
Losing sleep.
All for my stupidity.
I should be the one going through James’s shit. Sure, I’d need to figure out how to hack and all, but it’s not fair to Rex.
I’m sitting, pulling the sheet up my chest, when he speaks again, “You know, Iowa has a law criminalizing revenge porn.” He moves his gaze my way, finally giving me his full attention. “If he posts intimate or sexually graphic pictures without your knowledge, he can be criminally charged for it.”
“So what? We wait until he posts the photos? We can’t get him in trouble for threatening to post them?”
“I’m still looking into that, but I wanted you to know that if he does do anything with them, he can get in big trouble. We need to bring that to his attention if he doesn’t already know and make it clear you will press charges against him.”
“If I were to press charges … my parents would find out.”
