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My lips curl into a derisive smile.
I'd like nothing more than to think of all the ways I could ensure she has a painful death, but right at that moment, Michele asks Raf the most important question.
"This,orthat?"
Raf is stricken as he looks between me and Lucero, almost as if he can't believe his eyes. The shock quickly wears off, and in its place there is a quiet conviction that settles over his features.
My eyes close on a painful breath.
He's already made his choice.
"But first," Michele chimes in, his tone too cheerful for my liking. “Why don't we tell the girls a little story?"
"What are you talking about?" Raf asks in a grave tone.
For a moment his gaze is stuck on Lucero. But as he wrenches his eyes away, it's to finally look at me.
I wish I could yell at him.
Pick me! Pick me!
But it's a moot point.
I don't want him to pick me with the threat of death hanging over his head. I want him to come to me of his own volition.
Still, I find it a little odd that he's not more reactive to the reappearance of Lucero. Or, maybe he's holding it all inside, not wanting to give Michele any ammunition to use against him.
And giving me false hope.
"Why, Raf, have you already forgotten? Don't you think they deserve to truly know the man before them?"
"Get to the point, Michele," Raf rolls his eyes. "What do you want me to do?"
"I want you to tell them, with your own mouth, what happened thirteen years ago. Tell them everything you did. You can choose later… If any will have you back," Michele says smugly.
There he goes again with whatever Raf did to him. Why is it that he's never been clear about it? I tried to get it out of him a couple of times, but he kept shushing me, telling me he would reveal it at the right time. Which, apparently, is now.
"Really? That's your plan?" Raf chuckles.
"How many people know what happened,Raf? How many people have you told?"
Silence.
"Right, you haven't told anyone. Is it because you're ashamed? Good guyRafdoing something like that, God forbid," Michele prattles on and on in a mocking tone.
"Michele," Raf grits his teeth, looking on the verge of exploding.
"Fine, if you don't want to, I'll start," Michele continues. "But first, I think we all need some background information. So strap in, ladies," he pauses for a moment before laughing. "Wait, youarealready strapped. How silly of me."
I roll my eyes at his theatrics.
"Do you remember, Raf? Do you remember what you did to me?”
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Guilt ravages Raf'sface as Michele brings up the past. He recounts howRafbetrayed him, watching him get raped by their cousin and doing nothing. He had been the one to suggest that Michele tell the adults what was happening under their noses, but when he’d mustered up the courage to do so, Raf had in turn denied everything.
