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She’ll hate me for it, but I don’t care. I need to know she’ll be okay if something happens.
Nothing is going the way I wanted it to, but life changes, and so do I. I want to apologize to everyone. I want them to understand that I need to do this, but I can’t put them in danger. This is my choice. I was the first in that water that day, and I’ll be the last in it now. I’ll finish what I started, but today, I’ll spend time with them and remember the people I’m doing it for.
Alice and Alek turn up not too much later, bickering as they sit. Skylar and Bones arrive shortly after, looking flushed, and Sky seems far too happy with himself. As they chat between them, catching up, I watch them. I hope even when I’m gone, they can be this happy.
“We should take a picture,” I say randomly, and they look at me. “We haven’t taken one since . . . since that night. We should take one with all of us.”
“Yes! Let’s!” Evan rushes up and sets his camera on the table opposite ours. “Okay, I set the timer!” He hurries back, and we squish into the booth, staring at the camera as I glance over at them.
Alice moves over without a word, and when I glance at her, she smiles. “For Tommy. It’s his space.”
As I stare at her, I fall in love with her all over again. Alice takes my hand, and I turn to the camera, smiling widely. We sit together with a space in the middle for the one who is missing.
He’ll always have a seat at our table, and the fact that the love of my life ensured that means so much to me.
I spend the rest of the afternoon with them, and it’s perfect. As I watch them together, I know Alice will be okay. She has her family, one that will fight for her, so I can do what I need to without worry.
We have one more game left, one more chance to get all the evidence I need, and until then, I’ll live every day like it’s my last, not taking anything for granted, because if they find out, I’m dead.
I promised Alice I wouldn’t be brave anymore, but I lied.
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
Something is wrong with Lally. I plan to confront her about it as soon as we get home. She’s been with us the entire day, but every time I meet her eyes, she looks sad, and when she hugs everyone before we go our separate ways, it’s like she’s saying goodbye.
When we reach her dorm door and she unlocks it, I turn her to face me. “Lals, what’s—” Her mouth crashes onto mine as she backs me into her room, kicking the door shut behind me. Her hand slides into my shirt and gropes my breast until I kiss her back. The words slip from my tongue, forgotten as I whimper against her harsh lips.
She eats at my mouth, and all my thoughts turn to desire as she lifts me higher so I can wrap my legs around her waist.
She drops us both onto her bed then sits up, pulling her shirt off so she’s in nothing but her shorts and bra, and then Lally leans over me, her lips cresting over my cheek and down my neck. I grab her, trying to tug her back to my mouth, before I flip us and press my lips to hers. Our tongues tangle as I work my shirt up and break away, only to throw it to the floor. Her hands slide down my back, unfastening my bra with deft fingers, and it falls from my shoulders. Her other hand slides up my chest totweak and roll my nipple until I grind into her thigh and moan into her mouth.
“Baby, please,” I beg when she pulls back.
Her smirk is crooked and so fucking sexy, my pussy clenches as I roll my hips. I need the pleasure only she can give me.
Reaching up, she brushes my hair back and cups my cheek. “What? Please, what?”
“Fuck me. Please fuck me,” I tell her.
Sitting up, she forces me to straddle her as her hands slide down my back and grip my ass under my skirt, her fingers digging in as she drags me closer, pressing my breasts against her chest.
Her tongue drags along my chin and across my lips. “You look so pretty when you beg,” she croons. “But not as pretty as when you scream for me.”
“Then make me,” I order as I grip her shoulders. Her head falls back lazily, and I swallow the desire I feel. “Make me scream.”
“With pleasure,” she drawls then presses me onto my back again.
She attacks me. It’s violent and so fucking amazing. Her mouth wraps around my nipple while her hands shove my skirt down. I help her kick it off as she turns her head, sucking my other nipple between her lips. Pleasure arcs down, straight to my throbbing clit, and I can feel how wet I am. My pussy pulses when I know she’s going to give me what I want.
Gripping the side of my thong, she snaps it and throws it away before biting my nipple. I cry out as she sits up and undoes her bra, letting it fall away. Her perfect breasts fall out, unbound, the sight of her pink-tipped nipples making me sit up and suck them. Groaning, she grips the back of my head, holding me there for a moment before she pushes me away and slides from the bed, taking off her shorts and underwear. Lally climbs back ontothe mattress fully naked and crawls up my body as I reach for her.
“Impatient, baby?” she purrs as she traps my wrists above my head, arching my back as she slides down the length of me. She stops to nip and lick my nipples, causing me to writhe in her hold. Chuckling, she licks down my stomach, and I gasp her name as she stops above my pussy. My thighs spread automatically, welcoming her.
“Look at that.” She leans down and licks a line across my wet folds, making me cry out. “Is this all for me? Such a needy baby, aren’t you?”
“Lals, please.” I don’t even know what I’m begging for anymore, but she does.
“I’ve got you, beautiful. You need to come, don’t you? I’m going to take the edge off before I spend all night between your thighs.”
