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Nothing.
“Tell me she’s going to be okay.”
Her eyes close tight.
“Scar!”
How is this happening?
How?
Mason leans into Nina, taking her limp hand in his as he strokes her hair away from her face.
Paramedics rush the room a moment later, rushing for Nina. I stand in disbelief and watch as Scarlet checks out.
“We can take it from here,” they tell her, but she doesn’t stop. Her lips are moving, but nothing’s coming out.
Mason grabs her, wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her away.
“Sc-car-let.”
My eyes dart to Joey, nostrils flaring as terror erupts inside of me.
No.
“I–I–”
Not Scar.
Not her.
“Stay fucking still,” I warn, lifting the gun without hesitation.
“Put the gun down!” I hear the paramedics scream at me.
“Nina. Oh god, N-Nina. I-I’m so sorry.”
I grit my teeth, readjusting my hands on the gun. “Stop.”
“Sc-ar-l-let. I-I didn’t mean to, I—” He steps toward Scarlet, and I don’t hesitate.
I can’t hesitate.
If I hesitate, I lose her.
His eyes meet mine and blaze, and then it hits him… right in the chest, and he falls.
Relief crashes into me like a wave. Chilling and cold. Stone cold to my bones, numbing me.
“Let me drown in you.”
“No!” I hear Scarlet screaming, the terror in her voice so far from anything I’d ever want her to know.
“Put the gun down.”
I drop it, staring at the ground as my entire body starts to tremble.
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve driven the road to Lowerwick Estate over the last two years. My sole focus almost always lost to thoughts of her and the night or weekend we’d spend together when I arrived.
