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I need to tell Alex the truth.
I take a deep breath. “No.”
“What’s keeping you so busy?”
“I have to win back the woman I love,” I huff.
I hear his low chuckle on the other end of the line. “I’ve been there. Good luck.”
He hangs up, and I stare back at the lawn. Alexandra fucking Delacroix.
I walk back to the Xi Ep house in long strides. Ignoring the front door, I go to the side of the house, where I saw her walk. There are no lights at all there, and only the bass of the music can be heard.
Walking along the wall and through the darkness, I try to listen for anything. The door to access the backyard is locked, but I didn’t see Alex walk back to the front lawn. She has to be here somewhere.
“Stop.” It’s a whimper, the sound coming from somewhere in the bushes. I would recognize Alex’s voice among a million. I would recognize her whisper in a storm and her cries for help across the ocean.
No one hurts her. Not unless it’s me.
“Just let me fucking do it,” someone snarls.
“I told you no earlier—ow!Stop…let me g—”
“It’s just a dare. Just fucking do it.”
Shoving between two bushes, I find one of the frat boys with his jeans down and his cock peeking out of his boxers. He has a phone in his left hand, pointing it at Alex. He’s holding her by her ponytail, keeping her on her knees in front of him. It’s hard to see her face in the dark, but it’s easy to hear her cries.
“Xi,” she gasps.
Without needing me to say anything, the guy swiftly lets her go. She stumbles back, trying to stand on shaking legs and running my way.
“Let’s go,” she whimpers as she grabs my hand.
I don’t move, of course. She grips me harder, but there’s nothing she can do that would make me follow.
“What’s your name?” I ask him, my tone depicting the storm to come.
He gulps as he hurries to pull his jeans back up. “Duncan.”
I nod. “Well, Duncan.” I walk toward him, watching him tremble as he attempts to widen his stance and make himself look bigger. “Why don’t you start thinking of the words you want written on your headstone. I’ll make sure to let your family know.”
Before he can react, I jump him. Holding the back of his head, I grab the phone in his hand.
“Help!” he screams.
“Do you want to film my girl giving you a blowjob, Duncan?” I seethe.
“I didn’t—It’s just a dare,” he cries out.
“Xi, stop!”
“Too fucking nice, Alex,” I snarl. “You’rewaytoo fucking nice and that’ll be the end of you.”
“Please, I don’t want you to get in trouble.”
Of course, that’s the only problem. Why would she care about being sexually assaulted when all that matters are others, not herself.
“Alex,” I say as I reinforce my hold on Duncan when he tries to shrug me off. “I don’t know why you think you don’t deserve to be protected. I don’t know why you aim to make yourself small and pliable. To say yes with a big smile when you want to scream no…but no more.” I look straight into her eyes, holding Duncan’s phone with a deadly grip. “You matter, baby. Your feelings matter, your opinion matters.Your. Happiness. Fucking. Matters.”
