I
tried
not
to
listen,
but
when
he
didn’t
come
back
for
five
minutes,
I
started
to
worry
that
something
bad
happened.
I
walked
into
the
living
room
and
saw
him
sitting
there.
He
was
holding
his
phone
with
his
hands
over
his
face.
I
rubbed
his
back
while
sitting
next
to
him.
“Are
you
alright?”
He
shook
his
head
but
wouldn’t
look
up.
“Stosh,
please
talk
to
me.
What
is
it?
Did
Ivy
call
you?”
He
shook
his
head
again.
“I
can’t
tell
you.
You
won’t
understand.”
I
grabbed
his
hand,
but
he
pulled
away
and
walked
into
the
other
room.
It
was
important
for
me
to
give
him
a
few
minutes
to
calm
down.
Whatever
happened,
had
really
gotten
to
him.
I
noticed
his
phone
was
still
on
the
table.
It
was
wrong
for
me
to
grab
it.
I
shouldn’t
have
done
it,
but
I
couldn’t
help
myself.
I
opened
up
the
newest
message.
It
was
from
the
number
that
Ivy
had
been
calling
me
from.
My
heart
started
beating
so
fast
that
I
thought
I
was
going
to
pass
out.
I
had
a
feeling
in
the
pit
of
my
stomach
that
whatever
it
said
was
going
to
devastate
me.
I
opened
up
the
message
and
saw
a
picture.
Stosh
was
between
my
legs,
on
his
bed.
The
picture
looked
like
it
was
taken
from
the
window.
I
put
my
hand
over
my
mouth,
shocked
that
she
had
been
watching
us.
I
hope
you
enjoyed
yourself.
Did
she
taste
as
good
as
me?
Remember
what
we
agreed
upon.
See
you
tomorrow.
Xoxo
I
dropped
the
phone
on
the
table,
causing
a
loud
bang.
Without
even
thinking
about
what
I
was
doing,
I
ran
out
of
the
house
in
my
underwear.
To
say
that
I
was
hysterical
would
have
been
an
understatement.
I
was
so
distraught
that
I
didn’t
even
realize
I
had
made
it
halfway
down
the
long
driveway.
I
heard
Stoshua
calling
my
name,
but
I
refused
to
turn
around.
He’d
shattered
my
heart
worse
than
the
first
time.
Tripping
wasn’t
in
the
plan,
but
I
fell
to
the
ground
hard.
Pain
ripped
through
my
chin
and
the
palms
of
my
hands
stung,
as
if
the
skin
had
been
scraped
off.
I
felt
strong
arms
pulling
me
up.
“You’re
bleeding!”
“Screw
you.”
I
flung
myself
off
of
him.
“I
saw
the
message.”
“Let
me
explain.”
He
tried
to
grab
me
again.
I
pulled
away
and
started
running,
but
I
wasn’t
as
fast
as
he
was.
He
grabbed
me
again
and
forced
me
to
stop.
“I
know
you’re
mad.
Just,
please,
let
me
at
least
take
you
where
you
want
to
go.
Please,
Willow.”
Knowing
that
I
wasn’t
dressed,
and
I
had
no
vehicle
of
my
own,
I
agreed
to
let
him
drive
me
to
my
parents.
From
there,
they
could
take
me
to
my
car
that
was
parked
at
the
airport,
in
the
morning.
All
I
wanted
to
do
was
get
out
of
there.
After
getting
my
things
together,
I
met
Stosh
in
the
car.
I
refused
to
look
at
him
and
I
was
crying
too
hard
to
hear
what
he
was
blabbing
about.
I
couldn’t
believe
he’d
used
me.
Thankfully,
my
parents
only
lived
a
couple
blocks
away,
so
I
didn’t
have
to
be
with
him
for
very
long.
He
reached
for
my
arm
when
I
was
climbing
out.
“Willow,
wait!
Please
let
me
explain.”
I
pulled
away
from
him
and
slammed
the
door
shut.
“I
have
nothing
to
say
to
you.
You
took
something
beautiful
and
turned
it
to
shit.
You
two
deserve
each
other!”
I
walked
toward
the
house
and
never
looked
back
at
him.
By
the
time
I’d
made
it
around
back,
where
my
parents
always
hid
the
key,
I
heard
him
peeling
away
from
the
curb.
I
grabbed
the
key,
but
sank
down
in
a
chair
by
the
pool.
I
didn’t
care
if
I
spent
the
night
out
back
of
my
parent’s
house.
I
just
didn’t
want
to
be
near
him.
How
could
he
have
done
that
to
me?
Why
did
he
say
those
things
to
me,
when
he
didn’t
mean
them?
Why
did
he
show
me
the
diary,
if
he
was
just
going
to
break
my
heart?
None
of
it
made
sense.
I
continued
crying,
losing
myself
in
an
emotional
breakdown.
I
never
should
have
come
home.
I
should
have
ignored
her
calls.
I
should
have
stayed
far
away
from
her
husband.
All
they’d
ever
done
was
hurt
me.
I
heard
laughing
and
someone
approaching
me.
There
was
no
reason
to
turn
around,
because
I
knew
exactly
who
it
was.
“I
was
wondering
when
you’d
show
up.”
I
lunged
toward
her,
shoving
us
both
into
my
parent’s
in
ground
pool.
“I
hate
you!
You
took
everything
from
me,
you
stupid
bitch!”
I
shoved
her
under
the
water,
but
she
was
just
as
strong
as
me
and
she
took
me
with
her.
We
wrestled
under
the
water,
until
we
both
needed
to
take
a
breath.
She
came
up
in
one
direction
and
I
came
up
at
least
five
feet
away.
She
kept
backing
away
from
me
until
she
reached
the
ladder.
I
watched
her
climb
out
of
the
pool.
“You
deserved
it!
I’ve
waited
forever
to
see
the
perfect
princess
fall.
They’ll
never
forgive
you
now.
You’ll
be
forever
tainted
in
their
eyes.”
I
climbed
out
on
the
other
side.
“Who?”
“Mom
and
Dad.
They’ve
been
comforting
me
since
I
found
out
you
were
having
an
affair
with
Stoshua.
They’ve
known
about
it
for
days.”
“That’s
impossible.
I
never
heard
from
them.
Mom
would
have
called.”
“I
have
your
phone,
remember?
It’s
too
bad
you
ignored
her
calls.
I
think
she
really
wanted
to
let
you
have
it.
Don’t
worry,
I
saved
the
messages.
I
recall
one
saying
that
no
daughter
of
hers
could
ever
stoop
so
low.”
I
was
flabbergasted,
enraged,
heartbroken
and
alone.
How
was
I
supposed
to
give
up
everything.
It
was
bad
enough
that
my
sister
had
betrayed
me,
but
now
she’d
told
my
parents
a
bold
faced
lie.
I’d
only
come
back
to
town
because
she
desperately
needed
my
help.
Stoshua
had
nothing
to
do
with
it.
What
happened
between
him
and
I
wasn’t
planned.
Not
on
my
part.
“This
is
insane.
They
won’t
believe
you!”
She
started
laughing.
“I
assume
you
saw
the
photo?
Where
do
you
think
I
got
it?”
She
laughed
harder.
“Dad
hired
a
PI.
He
sent
dad
the
text
a
couple
hours
ago.
That
was
all
the
proof
they
needed,
being
that
I
was
here
with
them
the
whole
time,
crying
because
of
what
the
two
of
you
had
done
to
me.”
I
ran
after
her,
knocking
her
onto
the
ground.
My
hands
were
wet,
so
the
sting
of
me
smacking
her
face
must
have
hurt.
I
didn’t
care.
I
kept
hitting
her,
taking
out
all
of
my
frustrations
on
her
face.
She
tried
to
cover
herself.
“Stop!
You’re
hurting
me!”
“Screw
you!
Screw
you
for
all
those
things
you
said
about
me.
I
never
did
shit
to
you!
How
could
you
ruin
my
life
on
purpose?
How
could
you
take
him
away
from
me?”
I
felt
someone
pulling
me
off
of
Ivy.
She
wiped
the
blood
away
from
her
mouth
and
laughed
again.
“I’m
glad
you
know
the
truth!
Take
your
cunt
ass
out
of
here
and
never
come
back!”
I
didn’t
know
who
had
me
by
the
arms,
but
I
tried
to
lunge
at
her
again,
failing
completely.
“I
hate
you!
I
wish
you
were
never
my
sister!”
“I
don’t
care
how
you
feel.
I
have
the
life
you
wanted.
Everyday,
you’re
going
to
want
to
be
me.
Take
that
and
shove
it
up
your
nerdy
little
princess
ass,
Willow!”
At
first,
I
thought
it
was
my
father
that
had
a
hold
of
me.
I
knew
it
couldn’t
be
my
mother,
since
she
was
smaller
and
not
as
strong.
When
I
turned
and
saw
Stosh,
I
said
nothing.
I
didn’t
know
why
he
was
there,
but
I
didn’t
care
either.
He
and
my
sister
could
have
each
other,
for
all
I
cared.
They
were
both
dead
to
me.
“I
did
everything
for
you!
I
walked
away
so
you
could
be
happy.
I
covered
for
you
our
whole
lives
and
this
is
how
you
repay
me?”
I
was
sobbing
so
hard
that
I
wasn’t
sure
they
could
even
hear
me.
“Cut
this
shit
out,
Ivy!
This
has
gone
too
far.”
Stosh
was
obviously
defending
me
out
of
pity.
Her
eyes
got
huge.
“Now
you’re
taking
up
for
your
little
conquest?
Does
she
know
how
I
lured
her
here
so
you
could
fuck
her?
Does
she
know
that
it
was
all
part
of
my
plan
to
ruin
her?”