Chapter 35

RAE

I hadn’t slept for even a second. My anger vanished as soon as Vickie left, and I was left with a big hole in my heart because I’d ruined our friendship. I racked my brain all night to understand why I would want to hurt her, my only real friend.

Rhys knocked on my door most of the night, demanding I let him in. I knew he could break my door down again like he had the night he found me covered in blood, but he hadn’t tried. I felt like he was holding back. Even his anger towards me had cooled down. A big part of me had wanted to let him in because, even after all that madness, my body craved his touch. I wanted something to dull my self-inflicted pain, but being with the cause of all the mess wouldn’t solve anything.

So I ignored him all night and snuck out of my apartment like a thief the second the sun rose.

Vickie didn’t come to find me in my usual place in the library. I waited until I was almost late for my exam, and my heart broke under the weight of my pain. I shattere