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“Cam, wait. Cam.”

I don’t turn to acknowledge her. I’m too hurt to look at her right now. Trust is everything to me.

I almost risked my brother’s future to have this girl in my life. If she could lie to my face like this, there’s no telling the harm she could’ve brought to Caleb and my family.

“Cameron, please.”

I round on her and glare. She stops running and walks to me slowly. So many things fall into place as my mind races.

The time I called her name, and she kept walking like she didn’t hear me. The way she stiffened every time I called her Amina. I should’ve questioned it all from the beginning.

“What do you want?” I snarl.

“I want to explain.”

“You don’t owe me anything. I don’t know you, so you don’t have to explain anything to me. You have a good one, Maribel.”

“Cam,” she chokes out.

I shake my head at her. I have nothing else to say and I don’t want to hear anything else.

I keep walking. I’m so pissed off I can’t see straight. Un-fucking-believable.

“Hey, Cam.”

I stop and freeze. Before I can pull my thoughts together, everything is turned on its head. This looks bad. This looks really bad.

Maribel

I swallow hard as Cam turns to walk away. From the moment I saw him in class, I could see the hurt in his eyes. This is my fault.

I should have told him the truth. I had planned to. I was getting sick of hearing him call me Amina. I just couldn’t figure out how to tell him the truth.

Now, as he’s walking away from me, I know I should have just come out and said it. He said he doesn’t know me, that’s a lie. Cam knows me better than most.

“Cam,” I whisper once more.

He doesn’t hear me, and he doesn’t turn. My heart feels like it’s spilling out from my body. That’s when everything changes.

“Hey, Cam,” the dark-haired girl walking toward him calls out.

She’s pretty and tall like me. The way she rushes into Cam’s arms speaks of a familiarity some random girl wouldn’t have. She cups his face and kisses him.

I’ve never been punched so hard in my chest in real life, but this feels like I’ve been punched right in my heart by Tyson in his prime. I stumble back and wrap my arms around my middle.

I only lied about my name. Dez isn’t my boyfriend. He’s nothing to me, so I can’t say I’ve been cheating on him with Cam. However, it looks like Cam has had a girlfriend all along from the way this chick is kissing him.

Cam looks into my eyes from over her head. I nod as I bite back my hurt feelings and turn to leave. This was never meant to be.

I played myself, getting involved with a guy I knew nothing about. At least I figured it out before I did something stupid like sleep with him. Although, I did fuck up and fall in love with him.

“This is for the best,” I mutter as I head back to class for my bag.

CHAPTER 14

IWant You Back

Kayleen

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