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“I didn’t know how to tell you,” she whispers.
“Or maybe you didn’t want me to know,” I snap. “You didn’t want anyone to know their precious queen got fucked the school pariah.”
“You weren’t even at school last year,” she protests. “I didn’t know you’d be back.”
“What about this entire semester?” I ask. “I fucking knew something happened. I even asked you about it that night we got root beer floats.”
“You asked what happened last year,” she protests.
“You lied to me.”
“I’m sorry,” she says, staring miserably at her knees.
“Not good enough.”
“I didn’t tell anyone.”
I snort. “Of course you didn’t. Can’t have anyone know you fucked a leper, right?”
“Do you have any idea what they’d do to you if they knew?” she demands, fire flashing in her eyes. “I wasprotectingyou.”
Her words make me irrationally furious. I ball my hands into fists, red pulsing in my temples. “You were protecting yourself,” I say flatly. “Just like you always have.”
“What do you want me to do?” she cries. “Do youwantme to tell them?”
“I want you not to have ruined the last good day of my fucking life,” I snap. “But of course that’s asking too much. You and your whole poisonous crew infect everything with your rot.”
For a second, we watch the flames licking up into the sky, listen to the sirens draw nearer.
“What now?” she asks, her voice tired and resigned.
“Now you get out of the truck,” I say. “We never speak of this again, and you never speak to me again. And don’t ever think about me when you touch yourself, because I won’t be thinking of you ever again.”
Slowly, she slides off the seat and climbs down. But when she reaches for the front door, I close the back and lock them. I climb into the front seat and pull her keys out of her jacket. Then I roll down the window, toss them out, and drive away.
Fuck Gloria Walton.
Fuck Devlin for disappearing and then showing up like he did nothing wrong.
Fuck me for taking out my rage the only way I know how, not with violence but with domination, with degrading someone higher so I can pretend I’m not so low. In doing so, I only sank lower, though. Now I’m a fucking cheater along with everything else I’ve done to Dixie.
The sirens are loud now, the trucks coming to put out the fire. I glance in the rearview. Gloria hasn’t moved, hasn’t driven away so they won’t see her there, at the scene of the crime. Before I round the end of the east wing of the mall, the last thing I see is her shivering, naked body standing alone in the empty parking lot, looking small and vulnerable in the flickering light of the fire.
I have no one to blame but myself for this. I know who Gloria Walton is. She’s a demon straight from hell. I played with hellfire, and I got burned.
fourteen
2 YEARS AGO
Gloria Walton
The stranger on top of me tried to obey, to take my virginity. He pushed hard, but the head of his cock slipped away, unable to breach my tightness despite the arousal coating us both. He cursed quietly and repositioned himself before forcing himself inside my unopened flesh. I gasped in shock, my mouth falling open in silent agony as he stretched me so far it felt like my flesh would rip. Tears wet my lashes, and I bit down on my lip, swallowing a cry.
The guys at the door started hooting. “Get ‘er done,” one of them yelled.
“Fuck off,” the guy on top of me growled, but he didn’t stop. He pushed deeper, the painful stretch making a sound rise unbidden in my throat. Stinging tears dripped from my eyes, but I didn’t stop him. My body shuddered in a silent sob when he reached my depth, and pain gripped my whole body like a cramp.
I was glad. I was glad it was over, that I wasn’t a virgin. I held onto the pain, treasured it, knowing they couldn’t steal it from me anymore. It was not how I wanted to lose my virginity, but at least it wasn’t taken from me against my will.
