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“I knew it.” She crosses her hands over her chest as she glares at me. “I just knew you’d think something so silly…”
“It’s not silly. You ended up in the hospital because of me, because of that fight.”
“I ended up in the hospital because my immune system was compromised. I ended up in the hospital because, instead of going home after the game, I felt trapped, so I was walking around the campus in the snow. It has nothi—”
“It has everything to do with me!” Prescott yells, running his fingers through his hair. “Fuck, Jade, if we didn’t fight, you would have been home, warm,safe.”
“You don’t know that.”
“I do know that. I would have made sure of it.”
“Prescott, this is silly. It’s not your fau—”
She tries to touch me, but I pull back. I can’t stand the feel of her hand on mine. “I can’t keep doing this,” I whisper, shaking my head. “I just… I can’t.”
You kill everyone you love.
“What…” Jade’s brows furrow as she looks down at her fingers before slowly lifting her gaze to meet mine. “What do you mean?”
My throat bobs as I swallow, the words seeming to be stuck, but I push them out. I have to do this.
“This. Us.” I shake my head. “I can’t do it. You were right. I should have listened to you from the beginning. It’s too much. Too hard. I just... I can’t.”
The silence stretches between us as she stares at me, her face completely blank. “So you’re what… done? Just like that? You’re… done?”
“Yes.”
I force myself to look at her as I say the word. I need her to see this, need her to understand, and I need her to stay the fuck away from me. I need her to stay alive.
You kill everyone you love.
“I’m done.”
Her lips quiver, but she bites the inside of her cheek to stop it from wobbling. “You’re joking.”
My fingers curl around the armrests, tightening to the point of pain. “I’m not joking. I can’t keep doing this. I don’t want to keep doing this.” Then I go in for the kill, saying the words I know will push her away. “I don’t want to keep seeing Gabriel’s face every time I look at you. Every time we go to chemo? I remember all the times I sat next to him. Every time you’re sick, I see my brother. Seeing you like this brings back so many memories, and I can’t keep doing this, Jade. I can’t keep onhurtinglike this.”
Jade takes a step back, her lips parting, eyes wide like I’ve slapped her. It takes all of me not to push up and pull her into my arms, tell her I’m a jackass, and beg her to forgive me, but I can’t.
You kill everyone you love.
Her tongue darts out, sliding over her lips. “O-Okay.”
Before I can react, she turns around. I expect her to dash out of my room without a second glance. I don’t know why because every time so far, she’s done exactly the opposite of what I expected.
She stops in the doorway, her fingers tracing the wood as she turns to give me one last glance. “Prescott?” She grazes her teeth over her lip. “I’m sorry. It was never my intention to hurt you.”
If she planned to deliver a blow, she did it.
With those parting words, she turns around and leaves.
And I let her.
I’m sorry. It was never my intention to hurt you.
You kill everyone you love.
Tilting my head back, I close my eyes, my fingers still gripping the armrests. “Fuck, fuck, fuck.”
