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Avery shrugs and drops back on her bed. "It's your funeral."
I allow the burn in my legs and lungs to take away my thoughts.
Damn him. He’s a dick for putting us through this, especially with everything happening with the podcast and Zac. Where the hell would he go?
It's growing a little darker as I run, I never run in the evening but after spending all day in bed, watching any romcom we could, and then the text from Sawyer that changed everything, I knew that I couldn't stay at the apartment anymore. I don't know why my body has brought me to the boathouse. I see it's closed and turn, my path instantly blocked. I stumble back.
"Looking for lover boy?" Zac leers.
I gather my breath and wrap my hand around the spray. "What's it to you?"
"I hear drunk dad died."
Of course he would know. "I guess you've been having little meets with your BFF," I mock.
He steps towards me, jaw pulsing. My grip tightens on the bottle.
"You think you're so much better than me."
"It's not hard to surpass your level of human." I make a move to push him back, but he holds his ground.
"Not going anywhere," he sneers, grabbing me around my waist.
I kick out at him, punching with everything I have. “Stop it, Zac!" I bellow.
He drops me and smiles. "Now that takes me back..."
My breath falls out of my lungs. "What did you say?" I wheeze.
"You weren't so vocal when we fucked...but I sure remember the lead up."
What...?
Everything suddenly clicks. The head rush, the way my heart stops, floors me. I place my hand on my chest, afraid that my heart is going to burst out of it. "You raped—" I gasp, unable to get my words out. “I’m calling the cop?”
His backhand knocks me back.
"You wanted it. You wantedme!"
Holding my face, I grip the spray and pull it from my pocket, a body rushes past me and leaps at Zac.
Red hair flies.
Avery!
He throws her off him, which is no easy task, but I can see the red streak across his cheekbone. And I'm about to hit him with another surprise. I lunge towards him and aim the spray towards his eyes.
His screams help untighten the ball in my chest.
"You bitch!" he roars.
"Don't take a single step closer to us, otherwise you’ll be cupping your balls!" Avery warns.
Zac rubs at his eyes, the red matching his cheek.
"You're going to pay for what you did to me!" I promise him as Avery leads me away.
"He's the reason? The dreams..." Avery whispers.
