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He shoved her back into the bathroom and up against the wall, locking the door and pushing his thumb into her throat. “If you scream, I will press on this vein right here and make you pass out.” He kissed her neck and she tried not to cry out.

“Stop, Jason. Don’t do this,” she whispered, hoping someone would bang on the door and interrupt him.

“Come on, Jess, you know you want this. I don’t know why you’re fighting it.”

When he kissed her, she bit his lip and he yelped, but still managed to keep hold of her. He slapped her. “Bitch!”

She had shifted so she was in a better position, but he had her so tight, she didn’t have any leverage. “No!” she screamed. He hit her again, but at least it meant he had to back up a bit. With all the strength she could muster, she kneed him in the groin and ran. She heard him yell obscenities as the bathroom door closed and she rushed back to the group.

“Jess, you okay?” Adalyn asked. “Oh, my god, your lip is bleeding. What happened?”

Jesska laid her fingers over her swelling mouth. “Jason just attacked me.”

Adalyn glanced at something over her head. “Okay, Seth’s back, let’s go tell him.” She wrapped an arm around Jesska and led her to Seth.

“Babe? What happened?” he asked, studying her face. “Come outside for a second where it’s quiet.”

She nodded and let him lead her out to the parking lot, bursting into tears as she slid into his arms.

“Oh, babes, tell me what happened,” he said.

“Jason attacked me in the bathroom.” She shook her head. “Shoved me into the ladies’ room and locked the door.”

“What the hell?” He stroked her back. “Is he still in there?”

She shrugged. “I don’t know. I’m so sorry, Seth.”

“Why are you apologizing?”

“Because I don’t know if I did something to make him think—”

“Is this why you’ve been so weird around him lately?” He stroked her cheek.

She nodded. “He does stuff like rub against me, but then is all apologetic like he didn’t do it on purpose, and I can’t prove he’s being a perv, but he’s just so gross.”

“Bastard.”

“I’m sorry. I didn’t want to tell you in case I was wrong. I didn’t want to ruin your friendship.”

“It’s okay, babes. I’ll take care of it,” he said, his face forming a rather terrifying expression she’d never seen before. Anger and disgust twisted his normally smiling face into something she didn’t like.

“Can we just go home?” she asked.

“No. I need to have a conversation with my good friend, Jason.”

“Here? Now?”

“As good a time as any,” Seth said with a nod.

“Make sure you do it around other people. I don’t trust him not to hit you or something.”

“I can handle myself, Jess.”

“I’m not saying you can’t.” She grabbed his arm. “He’s just so slimy.”

Seth leaned down and kissed her gently. “Don’t worry. I’ll just end our friendship, tell him to stay the hell away from you, and we’ll go to Paris. Okay?”

Jesska smiled. “Okay.”

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