Page 24 of We End With Us

I guess we all have secrets.

“We’re family, King, but fuck, it stings, man, knowing this entire thing was a lie.”

“Fuck, no,” King grumbles. “You are my family, Cass. Nothing will change that, I did what I had to, to survive, I was a dumb fucking kid who didn’t know any better.”

Pressing my lips together firmly, I look over at King, who’s watching me, giving me no indication whatsoever about what he's thinking.

“We were all kids, King. Fuck, anything was better then what we had.”

“Cass,” he begins.

“We’re good, King. I was just hurt,” I say because as much as it hurt hearing him admit he’d lied to us, I know nothing will break us. I guess now that's a lie because there is one thing that could break us.

And right now, her pussy is dripping with my cum.

Jordy sighs above me,and I stretch my head from where it’s positioned on his chest to look up at him. When he carried me up here, I expected him to follow what Cass and I did but instead he just kissed me. My fingers stroke across his jaw, and he pretends to bite it before giving me a crooked smile. Returning his smile, he stares ahead with anguish written all over his face. I know today has to be tough, and I’m unsure of what to say because nothing will make today better, but I try my best to figure out what is going on inside Jordy’s head, knowing if he looked down right now he’d see it’d ruin the moment between us.

I’m still slightly pissed at them all for lying, and knowing they have more things to tell me, I'm beginning to imagine what other skeletons they have hidden and just what it could do to us.

Could it ruin what we have? Everything between us is already strained.

“Don’t think too hard, baby girl,” Jordy mumbles. Peeking up at Jordy from under my lashes, he hasn't moved an inch, even now after speaking his face is stoic staring straight ahead.

“Can I ask you something?” Glancing down at me, a tiny smirk works its way to his lips.

“Sure.” He swallows.

“Do you feel guilty for leaving her or for not saving her?” It's a loaded question, one I'm unsure if he’ll even answer, but he surprises me.

“To be honest, it used to be for leaving her because I tried not to, knowing what they were like, but now.” he lets out a heavy sigh and glances down at me. “Everyday I question if only I'd stayed home if I could have saved her.”

“You’re not a bad person, Jordy.”

“Yeah.” Shaking my head he cups my cheek stroking his thumb over my bottom lip.

“No, I’m worse.” Confusion mares my face. Lifting my head from his chest, Jordy plants his hand firmly on my hip as if anchoring me to him as I begin to lift my body from his.

“We’re killers, remember?” he mutters, clenching his jaw before he works it side to side.

What isn’t he telling me?

“Jordy?” My voice quivers slightly. I'm afraid when he's quiet for a moment.

Lifting up, Jordy moves from the bed putting space between us. Running his hand through his hair, his eyes scan over my face before he walks out leaving me breathless and pissed off.

Storming after him I catch up and grab his arm, shoving him hard causing him to turn.

“We’re walking out now?” I snap. Frustration boils under my skin, the need to curse him and demand answers is strong.

“I walked out because I can’t fucking lie to you, Nova, and right now, I can’t tell you the truth.” He growls.

That hurts worse than I could imagine.

“What’s going on?” King demands, coming up behind me. Cass and Bass enter as well both standing to the side waiting to see how this unfolds.

“What's going on is, you all seem to know everything about me—everything, but I know nothing about you and it feels like my entire world has imploded and it’s only the beginning,” I cry.

“Pup.” Cass sighs.

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