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I stared at the cars as they passed, realising for the first time where I was. Our park was not too far ahead. I couldn’t believe I’d walked all the way here…
“He’s not available,” the guard snapped.
“Not available?”
“That’s what I said.”
“Do you know when…when he will be available?”
“No.”
No?“Okay,” I murmured. “I guess I’ll call back later.”
“Sure,” he snarled, then hung up the phone.
Not available.The words sat heavy in my chest. I pocketed my phone and kept walking, only this time every step felt like torture. I stopped at the edge of the park, my gaze moving to the spot where Nick had tackled me to the ground.
An ache tore through my chest and shivers followed, ones that tore a sob from my lips. Anger and pain collided, until they were all I could feel. Tears came, but I didn’t know if they were tears of shame or disgust. I didn’t know what I was doing…
Didn’t know what I was doing with them.
The memory of the heat of their passion died away as my phone gave abeep.
Nick: Why aren’t you at school, Ryth?
I stared at the message, my thoughts frantic. How could he know? I swallowed hard and typed with shaking fingers,I am at school.
Beep.The response was almost instant.
Nick: Lie to me again, Ryth, and it’ll end badly. Where the fuck are you…and who are you with?
“Who am I with?” I whispered.“Who am I with?”
That anger that seethed so close to the surface boiled over.“Who I’m fucking with?”I stabbed the screen, punching out the reply, and hit send. But the moment I did, I froze. “Oh shit…oh shit.”I stared at what I'd sent…as that sinking feeling took hold.
I’m with Gio. We’re fucking right now and he’s brought along his friends, what’s it to you?
I was so fucked.
Literally fucked.
I started typing,Nick, that was a jokeand hit send. But there was no reply.Nick.I hit send again.
Still no answer.
Panic gripped me as I pressed his number to call and listened to his phone ring. “Answer the phone, Nick!”
My breaths were a roar in my ears as the call went unanswered. The heat of my anger was slipping away as I pressed the button again, listening to his phone ring, and ring…and ring.
Minutes, that’s all it took. A faint snarl came to my ears, familiar,sinister.Then the squeal of tires, sounding painful. I jerked my gaze up as a dark blur hurtled toward me. I was moving before I knew it, stumbling backwards as the Mustang took the corner sideways and fishtailed before the V8 engine kicked hard and charged toward me.
Terror gripped me as I stumbled, the car hitting the entrance to the park hard, kicking up stones as it came to a screeching stop. Nick was out of the car in an instant, his face full of rage as he scanned the park behind me.“Where the fuck is he, Ryth?”
I stumbled, still moving backwards. “Nick…I…”
He was unhinged, savage, rounding the front of the car to come toward me. Fear punched through me as I stumbled, my feet catching in the thick grass.
“I’ll fucking kill him!”he roared.“I’ll tear the fucking punk apart!”
