Page 655 of Hell Hath No Fury
“I did, yeah. I didn’t… A, I didn’t mean to start any trouble. I –”
“Was she upset?” I ask.
“A –”
“Did you upset her in any way, Sarah? Because that’s what you do. You know that, don’t you? You upset her. You’re a shitty fucking sister. You always were and you always will be. So I’m going to ask you one last time: did you in any way upset my Salem?”
Her breaths hitch. “I-I don’t know what you think I said to her, A. I just… I wanted to see her and I wanted… I had some things to say and –”
I interrupt her because I’ve heard enough. “Listen to me very carefully, okay? You’re going to lose her number. You’re going to lose our address and you’re going to forget that you ever had a sister, understand? You already do such a good job of it, so this shouldn’t be a problem.”
“But A, listen –”
“And my name is Arrow.”
With that I hang up the phone.
I hang up because I’m freaking out. My whole body is shaking with fury and fear.
So much fucking fear that I don’t know what to do. What to think.
If not knowing that Salem loved me since she was ten is my biggest regret, then getting together with her older sister, Sarah, is my biggest mistake.
Once upon a time, I remembered the reasons I gave myself. I remembered why I picked Sarah. But I don’t remember them anymore.
I have no memory of why.
Not after being with Salem.
I don’t even remember what it felt like, Sarah’s betrayal. The fact that she cheated on me with my best friend. I don’t remember the anger, the shock, the twisted sense of revenge I had back then.
All I remember is I found Salem afterward.
How she took my anger and melted it down. With the smiles of her pouty lips and her freckles—thirteen on her nose and seven under her eyes—and her golden eyes that light up when she sees me.
All I remember is her.
I know Salem’s wanted a relationship with Sarah ever since she was a kid, and Sarah has always rejected her. Salem wanted to invite her to the wedding, and even though I fucking hate the idea, I went along with it.
Not anymore.
Fuck Sarah. Fuck Salem’s desire to have a relationship with her sister.
I’m putting my foot down. I just have to find her.
Jesus Christ.
Where did she go? She’s upset and she’s –
Wait a second.
She’s upset.
My breaths start to come faster and faster as I realize that she’s upset. And when Salem’s upset, there’s only one place that she’ll go to.
It takes me about an hour to reach that place.
A lonely made-of-rocks alcove on our favorite beach. People tend to avoid that area because it’s a long walk from the main part and somehow darkness falls here first.
