Page 12 of Savage Vicious Heir: Part Two

“Where have you been?” she asks curiously.

“Out. Obviously.”

“With her?” she sneers.

I know what Tally thinks about me spending time with Lauren Winrow. Hell, all the girls have the same opinion, but no one voices it quite as loudly as Tally does.

“It’s none of your business who I do or don’t spend time with.”

Her expression hardens and she takes a step closer.“When you’re hurting one of my best friends it does,” she hisses. “I know, Elliot. Abi told me what happened between you.”

Shock rocks through me and I bite my lips shut to stop from saying anything I shouldn’t.

“You’re a…” Her cheeks redden with anger and her eyes blaze. “You’re a… You’re an idiot.”

I want to laugh at her inability to curse me out, but I’m too fucking broken. Too exhausted and emotionally wrecked to react.

“Tally,” I sigh.

“No,” she spits. “Don’t fucking Tally me when you’ve been out all night with that… With that…”

“Can you do me a favour?” I ask cutting off whatever pathetic insult was about to come out of her mouth.

“You? Do you a favour? Who do you think you’re?—”

“Can you check in on Abigail this morning?”

I fucking hate to ask. It’s going to open up a massive can of worms. But I need someone to check that she’s okay.

I need to know she hasn’t spent the entire night bleeding out on her fucking bathroom floor.

My stomach knots painfully as Tally assesses me.

I know what she’s going to say before she even opens her mouth, and she doesn’t disappoint.

“What have you done, Elliot Eaton?”

I shake my head and finally push my door open.“Just check on her, yeah?” I struggle to meet her heavy stare. “She needs her friends around her right now.”

“You think I don’t know?—”

I cut her off as my door slams shut.

I want to say I leave her cursing up a storm on the other side of the door, but we all know she’s not.

4

ABIGAIL

The next morning, I wake to eight text messages—three from Elliot which I ignore—two missed calls, and a scathing voicemail from Tally informing me that if I don’t call her back, she’s going to report me missing.

She’s bluffing but I don’t risk it.

Abi: I’m okay. x

Tally: Abi, where the hell are you? I stopped by your dorm this morning and you weren’t there. Classes started an hour ago and you’re nowhere to be found. What did that idiot do?

My heart stutters.

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