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Fever, fainting, hospital.
It all brought back memories of what happened to his brother.
“It wasn’t your fault.”
He shakes his head, a tear falling down his cheek.
“It wasn’t. He wanted to go out, and you just went with it because you wanted to see your brother happy. If you want to blame somebody, blame cancer. You didn’t know, and the only mistake you made was wanting to see your brother happy. There is no shame in that.”
“I should have done better.”
“You were just aboy, Prescott. And I’m sorry, I’m sorry that you had to go through something so horrendous at such a young age. I’m sorry that you have to go through this now. I wish… I wish I had walked away that day in the woods. That way, none of this would have happened. I never wanted to hurt you. I never…”
“You’re not hurting me.” Prescott grabs my hand, squeezing it tightly. “I knew saying that would be the safest way to get you to leave me, and I was right.”
“I never wanted this for you.” I shake my head, the tears burning my eyelids. “Any of you.”
“I know, doll.” He leans closer, pressing his mouth against the top of my head. “I know.”
“Where do we go from here?”
Everything about us was so messed up. I didn’t want to keep hurting him, and I knew if we stayed together, no matter what he said, I’ll end up doing just that. But I also couldn’t push him away, not now that he was finally starting to open up. I just couldn’t do that to him.
No matter what road we chose, heartbreak seemed inevitable.
“How about we take it one day at a time?”
“One day at a time,” I whisper, testing the words on my tongue. “I think I could get behind that.”
CHAPTERTHIRTY-EIGHT
PRESCOTT
“Why is there no food in here?” Jade asks as she closes the fridge and glares at her brother.
Today she’s feeling more like herself, so she decided to get out of bed and grab something to eat. She was still too pale for my liking, but I knew we were still on thin ice, so I decided to keep my mouth shut.
“I was planning to go yesterday, but somebody,” Yasmin looks pointedly at Nixon, “kept me distracted.”
Jade groans, “I don’t need to listen to this. Can you just make me a list? Prescott and I can grab it on our way.”
“We can?” I ask, raising my brow. I wasn’t sure where she was going with this, but you won’t hear me say no to more alone time with Jade.
“Yes, we can. On our way home from the diner.”
“You want to go to the diner?”
“I want coffee. And food.” Her whole face lights up. “They have these pancakes that are so good here. You have to try them.”
“Hey, what about us?” Nixon protests. “Maybe we want pancakes too.”
Yasmin gives him a side glance. “Didn’t you just eat cereal?”
“Your point being? You should know better than anybody how much I can eat.” He pats his flat stomach. “This is a growing body.”
Jade rolls her eyes. “You know you can’t keep using that excuse forever, right? It’s all good now that you’re still in the game, but one day you’ll retire, and before you know it,” she snaps her fingers, “you’ll have a dad bod.”
Nixon glares at her. “You did not just say that.”
