Revenge Is Sweet When Love Dies

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e for Hawaii, Blake picked me up. Our b

es white on the steering wheel. "We

a lecture. An ultimatum d

h Kris... it's an obligation. She's fragile. Her dad left, she's got nobody. It means no

reframing it as a noble burden he was forced t

ne buzzed. Kris's name flashed on the screen

his voice tight with i

al mess. "Blake! Oh my God, my car just broke down on t

perfect,

relationship on one side. Anothe

face a mask of pure a

I have

hollow, a dead thing in m

exit, tires squ

e tall bridge overlooking the deep, fast-moving river. She

he told her, gestur

k and suffocating with my silent heart

, she leaned forward from the back seat, wrapping her arms

ered, her lips brushing again

made him flinch. He glanced at me in th

ff the road for on

d, a deafening,

ched th

s of screaming metal and shattering glass

y head cracking against the da

rrifying weightlessness before the icy, b

umpled dashboard. The freezing water r

urfaced, gasping for air. He turned, and his e

s eyes-the genuine love he felt for me,

seat, a shrill, piercing sound.

as t

is versus the silent, sinking

o compl

ack on me and d

er woman. The cold, dark water closed over my head, and t

the end of the love