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But I kind of like that I did.
I am so messed up.
Sadie’s door is closed when I arrive in my room. Trying to ignore all the confusion around Liam, I walk to her door. I’ve got more important things to do tonight than figure out what is going on with the men in my life.
Like getting my only friend back.
“Sadie?” I knock on her door. “Can we please talk? I miss you.”
To my surprise, she opens the door right away.
“I’m so sorry. I know I did a bad thing but I didn’t mean to kill him and I didn’t know I had that power and I didn’t know I could do that…” the words tumble out of me at rapid-fire pace and I can’t stop them from coming.
Sadie wraps her arms around me and pulls me in for a hug. I take a breath and hug her back. “I’m so sorry.”
“I know, me too,” she says as she releases me. “I’m sorry I shut you out. I’m sure you were totally freaked out.”
“I was,” I say. “Adrian - I mean, Professor Cardale, thinks I’m a full angel. But don’t tell anyone, okay?”
She cocks an eyebrow. “Adrian?”
“Bad habit,” I say.
“Careful, Harper. I really was serious about the no dating teachers thing. It really is a rule,” she says.
“It’s a school where murdering other students is okay but two adults dating isn’t?” I ask, skeptical.
She shrugs. “I’m not sure why they care, but at the beginning of the semester there was someone else teaching history. When word got out that he was involved with a student, both the student and the teacher just vanished one day. Professor Perry showed up the next day and just started teaching as if he’d been there the whole time.”
“You’re kidding, right?” I say. “Maybe they ran off together?”
“Sure,” she says. “But the girl’s parents came here looking for her. They had no idea where she went.”
“Still, she could have run off with the teacher,” I say.
“You want to take that chance?” she asks.
“For Professor Cardale? Hell no,” I say. “He’s not worth it.” I hope he can hear my thoughts right now. I hope he knows how much he pissed me off. I also hope he doesn’t know how badly he hurt me. Because if I stop being mad at him, I’ll lose it completely.
I know I shouldn’t care. It wasn’t like we had a relationship. It was a random thing. Sex. One time. But it felt like more. Being away from him felt like part of my heart had been ripped away.
I have no idea how I’ll make it through class tomorrow.
