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The class bell rang, startling me, and snapping me back to what I could control. “You need to leave, Maddox,” I told him. “I need to get to class, and…I just can’t do this with you.”
He gave me a sharp nod. “Okay,” he relented. “But when he comes after you, don’t say I didn’t warn you, Lake.”
I didn’t comment as Maddox Reed turned and walked away from me, leaving me a confused mess. Because, you know, I wasn’t already a goddamn mess.
Taking a deep breath, I made my way to my locker, contemplating just going home for the rest of the day. It wasn’t like I’d be learning anything anyway, with everything Maddox had just put in my head.
When I reached my locker, ignoring the stares, Eden was already waiting for me. “Holy shit, Lake,” she rushed out in a whisper. “Is it true? Did Maddox Reed drag you out of class?”
I nodded, leaning up against the row of lockers. “Yeah,” I exhaled slowly.
“Why?”
“I’ll tell you the details later,” I promised, “but he basically told me that I needed to forgive Ramsey before he murdered the entire town of Sands Cove.”
Eden blanched. “Was he serious?”
I thought about that and weighed it against everything I knew about Ramsey and these past few weeks, and my answer wasn’t a positive one. “I think he was, Eden.”
“Holy shit,” she muttered, her body slumping next to the lockers next to me.
“I know,” I helplessly muttered back.
Chapter 39
Ramsey~
Iwas parked in SC High’s parking lot, waiting for Lake to come out. When Maddox had called me earlier, telling me he’d had a little chat with her, I saw no reason to put of the inevitable any longer.
I came for Lake, and I wasn’t leaving without her.
It didn’t matter that there was going to be a fight. It didn’t matter how much she despised me right now. It didn’t matter if she didn’t love me back.
None of that mattered.
All I needed was the rest of our lives for me to make it up to her. That’s all I needed, and I wasn’t leaving here until I got it.
Because Maddox was worried about me, he made sure to let me know that Eden had theater after school on Thursdays, and that Lake would most likely be heading towards the buses alone. So, I waited as patiently as I could in the parking lot for her to come my way.
However, I knew surprise was going to be futile since some people have already noticed me and knew who I was. With those videos of my party out there, I had no doubt these assholes were already primed for some more entertainment.
My suspicions were confirmed when Lake walked out of the school’s entrance, her backpack slung over one shoulder, her chin up, and back straight as a rod. And she wasn’t heading towards the buses either.
She was heading straight for me.
Everyone around us stopped as soon as she was standing in front of me. “Are you lost?” she asked, and the fact that she did, told me she wasn’t completely lost to me yet.
I shook my head. “No,” I answered. “I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be.”
“Doubtful,” she replied dutiful. “Or else you’d be with your friends and Erica, offering to pass me around again.”
Regret hit me square in the chest, and the pain of it was very real. “I deserve that,” I conceded. And just when I thought Lake was going to go for my balls, she broke my heart in a way I never thought anyone could.
Her fists hit me square in the chest, and she started screaming at me, heedless of all the people around us, watching. “You bastard!” Her hits were coming hard, but she wasn’t doing much damage, so I let her. “You fucking bastard!” she screamed. “I trusted you! I believed you!” Tears started streaming down her face, and I hated that I’d done this to her. It wasn’t until she slapped me that I finally went for her hands. “Don’t touch me!”
She pulled away from me, and staring down at her tear-stained face, her heaving rage, the hate in her eyes, and the heartbreak all over her face, there was no way I was ever going to leave this girl alone. Lake was it for me, and there was nothing I wouldn’t do to make this happen.
“Lake-”
