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She was going to suggest that my father is innocent.
I grit my teeth.
Feel my heart slam against my ribcage.
She had no right to go there. Shanel knows nothing of my family’s tattered history or the sins of my father.
She poked at a sleeping tiger.
I let her get too close.
I see that now. Clear as day.
She’s embedded deeper in me than I first imagined.
She’s there.
In my skin.
In my soul.
In a place I thought no one would be able to reach.
I know because she hurt me.
It’s a new feeling. My first time.
Damn.
I hate it.
Hate that I can’t do anything about it.
If it were anyone else, I would destroy them. And then I would destroy everything they love.
But I can’t do that.
Because she’s mine.
Mine.
So I stay over here, torn between my fury and my frustration, wondering if I should turn the boat around rather than try to salvage a night that feels like it hit an iceberg.
Soft footsteps alert me to someone’s approach.
A shadow falls on the railing and a soft voice says, “Are you okay?”
Catherine.
Gritting my teeth, I snap at her, “Why are you here?”
“Shanel told me to go away.”
“And you thought I wouldn’t say the same?”
“Someone has to put up with me. It’s not like I can run.” She gestures to the waves. “As you can see.”
“Leave.”
