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Cain’s behaving so weird right now.
And did he just call me Jessica?
I have no idea what the fuck is going on, but I’m damned if I’ll be tossed aside like this.
“Selene… Jess here follows me everywhere. She’s like a little puppy dog. I keep telling her to fuck off and leave me alone, but she’s persistent. She’s nothing to me. I wish she’d realize that andmove on,” he exclaims as my body riddles with tension.
“Excuse me?” I’m completely shocked.
Selene raises her eyebrow and laughs. “Oh, come now, little ladybug. It’s best you leave my man Cain here alone from now on, or you will have me to answer to. You got that?” she asks, running her pointed red fingernail along my cheek.
I flinch away, looking at Cain as hot tears fill my eyes.
“You mean nothing to me. Nothing at all, Jessica. I don’t love you. Ineverhave.”
The world feels like it’s closing in on me—my body shakes with adrenaline. I can’t seem to comprehend what’s actually happening. My lip quivers, then the tears fall while I try to figure out what the hell is going on.
Cain’s face drops, his brows so scrunched they’re one, and his breathing is rushed and frantic.
Cain has never told me he loves me, so why’s he saying that?
Confusion.
Chaos.
Despair.
All flow through me as Selene frowns and sighs. “Come on now, ladybug, it’s time to leave. Go on, scram,” she instructs, waving her hand at me in a shooing motion.
Crinkling my face, I pant hard, trying to figure this out. “Cain, w-what t-the…” My voice cracks, coming out broken, desperate, and incomplete as the warmth of saltwater streams down my face, pooling at my chin.
He turns away from me with a long exhale. “Just go, Jessica,” he spits. The venom in his tone cuts harshly as he spins to walk away.
“Oh, hell no, Cain, you don’t get to walk away from whatever…thisis. Trust me when I say I’m the one walking away this time. I don’t know what the hell is going on, and I don’t care. All I know is we’re done. Don’t ever try to contact me again. Ever!”I scream the last word at him as nausea overwhelms me. My stomach twists and turns as I draw in short, staggered breaths.
I take in Cain for one last time, wanting to tell him how I feel so he knows just how much he’s broken me. “I can’t believe I ever had feelings for you,” I spit through gritted teeth.
Selene laughs, and Cain slumps his body, scrunching his eyes shut and running his hands through his hair. His eyes open and lock onto mine. For a brief moment, they stare back, full of hurt and regret.
“Fuck you, Cain Barrington!”
“Bye-bye now, little ladybug. Jesus… what a freak!” Selene calls out, laughing loudly, interlocking her arm with Cain’s.
Turning up my lip, I spin around, wrapping my arms tightly against myself as I walk away from Cain for the last time.
With the dreary darkened sky overhead, I walk the Baton Rouge streets. Sludge litters the sidewalks, muddying my shoes as I shuffle across the pavement and return to River House Apartments. The bitter wind burns my flushed cheeks as I try to comprehend what the fuck just happened. How the hell did I misjudge Cain so badly?
My feet hurt from walking so far when the clouds finally stop taunting and open up, descending a torrential downpour from the heavens above. My clothing soaks through, and I throw my hands up in the air as I let out an exacerbated groan.
“Seriously?” I yell at no one in particular as the rain seeps through to my skin, sending a chill straight to my bones. Why is it that whenever something happens with Cain, it fucking rains?
Eventually, my street comes into view, and I walk up the road, finally to the apartment building and under the shelter from the storm. Stepping up to the elevator, I press the button and wait, wiping the rain from my face with my hand.
Being in the warmth of the building is making me feel a little more human, but actually, all I feel is numb. Even being here, I can’t escape thoughts of Cain, knowing he might be here, possibly with Selene or Jessica…
Whoever the hell she is.
Fuck!
