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In the midst of my pain, something dawns on me. Where’s Ace? I need to run.He’ll come for me.
My gaze pulls away from the blood, and I take a few deep breaths to calm my racing heart.
He’s nowhere.
I can’t see him.
I’m safe.
I take a deep breath and stand, willing myself to head toward help. Someone to take care of this wound.
When I’m fully standing and steady on my feet, I turn my body just slightly, and my breathing hitches.
Oh my God.
Ace is lying face down in the water.
Not moving.
“Ace,” I yell. “Get up.”
My heart beats rapidly in my chest as I watch him, waiting for him to get up. To move.
But he doesn’t.
He never gets up.
As if the sky above can understand my pain, it opens up. Water pouring down from above. It runs over my body, washing away the remnants of blood that cling to the exposed skin of my arm not tied off by my shirt.
“I killed him, and then I ran home. Allowing the rain to wash away the evidence. It was as if I was never there. But it was still my fault,” I sob.
He shakes his head, moving toward me like I’m a caged animal.
“It wasn’t your fault.”
With my head in my hands, I continue to cry. “You don’t have to say that to make me feel better.”
“You’re not listening to me. It is not your fault.”
I look up, finally peering at Aiden. “And you know this how?” I stand straight, not liking the way Aiden’s staring at me like I might break. “Sorry, Aiden, you weren’t there. I know what happened.”
“Then you know that it was ruled a drug overdose.”
“What?” I shake my head, eyes narrowing to mere slits. “No. He drowned.”
Aiden’s head shakes back and forth slowly. “He didn’t drown.”
“I was there. I saw it.”
“Did you see him drowning? Or did you see him dead in the water?” he asks, and I raise a hand, palm up.
“What’s the difference?”
“There’s a big difference, Cass.” He takes a large step toward me.
“I saw him in the water. I was bleeding. By the time I looked up, it was too late. But I pushed him.”
“And you think you could have pushed a one-hundred-and-fifty-pound teen and kill him?”
