It wasn’t supposed to get this far. All I wanted was justice for Olivia. Instead, I’ve destroyed her as much as those boys in masks ever could, because this is all anyone will ever remember about her.
“Now we all know what kind of girl you really are.”
My vision blurs with unshed tears as I glare at the hazy outline of Drake’s face.
I knew he had something planned, wondered what he might do to get me away from St. Bart’s for good. But I had myself convinced he wasn’t involved with the worst of it.
Maybe a small part of me even thought I might someday be able to trust him with the truth.
A guy who cares as much as he does about his own sister shouldn’t be okay with what happened to Olivia..
But his gaze doesn’t even flick to the video still playing on the screen. Nothing in it is a surprise for him, because he has seen it all before.
He is as much a part of it as the rest of them.
“All you had to do was leave,” he says, loudly enough for everyone to hear. “No one wants you here.”
“Hope you wrapped it tight when you stuck your dick in that tar pit,” Nolan taunts. “No telling how many other guys got there first.”
Drake’s jaw clenches. But there is only confident mockery in his voice when he replies. “Double bagged. Every time.”
Nolan pounds him on the shoulder. “You dog.”
The video finally stops, and the room falls silent. Cole stands next to the projector with the cord in his hand. He doesn’t say anything as he lets it fall to the floor with a thump.
Just because he decided it was enough, doesn’t mean he is coming to my defense.
“It’s time to go.” Drake’s voice is emotionless as he speaks. He looks at me like I’m nothing more than the dirt beneath his feet. “Leave St. Bart’s and don’t come back. We don’t want your disease anywhere near this campus. Slut.”
Nolan is the one who picks up the chant. “Slut. Slut. Slut.”
Most of the room shouts it right along with him. The word getting louder and louder with each repetition.
Drake stares at me like we’re strangers.
Tears burn in my eyes as I refuse to let them fall.
I do the only thing I can, the only thing that makes sense.
I leave.