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“James.” Mom reminds him suddenly of his actions with the one whisper of his name.
I sidestep around him, tugging my shirt back down.
“That motherfucking asshole! I’ll kill him.”
“Leave him alone, Dad. He didn’t do anything wrong.” Tears stream down my face, my voice trembling.
“He touched my baby girl!”
I flinch at the loudness of his voice. I can feel the heat radiating off of him.
“James.”
“What?!” He whips around to look at my mom.
“You don’t know what happened. Take a breath.” She can see the shattered look in my eyes.
“He touched my baby girl, Jessica. There is no coming back from this.”
Before I know what’s happening, my dad shoves me back into my bedroom and orders me not to come out for a while. I trip over my chair, falling to the ground.
Standing back up, I look at him and yell, “I’m not a child, Dad.”
“Yes, you are.” He slams the door in my face. “You are my child, goddamn it!”
I hear him yelling profanities as he walks down the stairs. A few seconds later, the front door slams and everything is quiet. I climb into my bed and pull the covers over me, sobs and guilt a tumultuous torrent for my body. What the hell just happened?
Chapter Twenty
SKY
Things have been tense in my house, to say the least. The past week has been a nightmare of anger, tears, and heartbreak. After my mom sat down with me and we had a talk, she understood everything. She wasn’t happy, but she understood.
Dad is the opposite. He doesn’t understand, and he doesn’t want to. I’ve barely said ten words to him this whole week. He’s so angry, keeps slamming doors, and spends most of his time in the garage where he kept his newly purchased punching bag.
Meanwhile, David is ignoring my calls and texts. What I am feeling right now is worse than the time I asked him to kiss me at my birthday party, and he just stopped talking to me, limiting our interaction to the bare minimum.
I feel so broken.
Piece by piece, day by day, my heart falls further.
I’ve been crying myself to sleep every night, missing him and wishing he would at least text me back. I’m sick, wondering about his being.
The fallout of someone’s actions can be devastating at times. I don’t wish that night with David didn’t happen. I don’t regret a single moment of it. We never intended to hurt anyone, especially Dad.
The only thing I regret is how my dad handled it. No matter what I say, no matter what I do, it doesn’t help anything. The worst part about it is how he looks at me, if he can even muster that. It’s like I’m a terrible person. He still walks around muttering something about killing David. He and Mom are yelling at each other all the time. Everything is so strained.
He’s too stuck on the fact that his best friend took my virginity, that he may have hurt me. But oh, it hurt so good.
If only he could understand it was my fault. All of this was my fault — I started everything. Every single amazing thing that happened that night was my fault. Still, I don’t regret it. Instead, I crave it. I need David.
There’s got to be a way through this.
I’m a big girl. I just need to put on my big girl panties and see this through to the end. My happily ever after is so close, I can feel it. I’ve already had a taste, and it’s the greatest thing I’ve ever had on my tongue.
The time has come to make David talk to me. I will not be denied the chance of the greatest love I’ll ever know. When my heart knows what it wants, it’s time to chase it down and claim it.
Chapter Twenty-One
