Page 15 of Cuts Like an Angel: Part 2

“I could tell her you know,” Maria said, obviously noticing him looking at her head. “I could tell her what you did to me.”

William ground his teeth. “Then I would be taken away from you. You’d never do that.”

Maria scowled at him for a moment. "Have you fucked her yet? Did you take her to our bed and screw her?"

William exhaled sharply through his nose as he crouched down next to Maria and rested a hand on hers. For a second, her expression softened and the brightness of her eyes returned when she looked at him. It was that gaze that he was sickly addicted to. The one that said she loved him even if her actions showed him she didn't.

"You know she will leave you, don't you? That's why you're here. Think I'll have you back when another one of your sluts has left? Bet she doesn't even know you're here right now."

And that was Maria. She always knew the truth. He had lied to Rosie. He hadn't meant to, but he needed to get out. Needed to give her the space so she could leave while he was gone. So he wouldn't be alone when she left, even if the one place he felt safe, was the one place he was most at risk.

"Yes, she does," William said.

Maria smiled. She knew. She always fucking knew. Even with part of her head smashed. She knew.

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