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“What would you do if Bailey was Melissa Gaines? Mila?”
“That’s a ridiculous thing to say.”
“Answer the question.”
“I would let justice take its course,” she says quietly.
“Bullshit. You and I both know you’d fight tooth and nail to save either one of them.”
“Why does she need you?”
“Why?” Jesus fucking Christ. I should have left when I had the chance. “Because of people like you that blame her for what her sister did.”
“Jesus Christ,” Logan grumbles, standing up and going for the bar in the corner of the room. Right now, I can’t blame him.
“She knew what was happening—”
“Did I?” I wait for her to answer, but it doesn’t come. “Did Mila? Mom?”
I’ve backed her into a corner. She knows it and I know it.
We stand there, seething for a moment. Both of us pissed off because Hannah exists and me pissed off because Melissa does. Without her, maybe shit would be different and I wouldn’t be having this conversation right now. Maybe I wouldn’t even know Hannah.
She’d be married off to some rich kid. Raising spoiled children and attending business parties in some high-dollar gown that probably costs more than what I make in a month, not asleep at home—myhome.
I can’t lie, the thought of her with someone else feels like I swallowed battery acid.
“You’re in love with her . . .” Savannah says softly, eyes shining with unshed tears in the light. “Aren’t you?”
I grit my teeth, something like electricity shooting down my spine. I’m not in love with her. I’m obsessed with her and thedifference is clear. I can’t stand her, but I won’t give her up, either.
“Oh my God,” Savannah shakes her head, sitting down in a chair beside the door. You would have thought I’d just told her someone was dead.
I don’t fully understand, and maybe I never will, but I can’t justify hatred by blaming someone else for their family member’s actions. Mom was married to Parker and while we’ve got our shit, I don’t blame her for everything he did. Bailey almost married Drew and I don’t blame her for the nasty shit he does. Hannah may be Melissa’s sister, twin even, but she didn’t help Parker traffic those girls. In my eyes . . . trying to stop it. Trying to save someone who hurt you in ways I can’t imagine. Hannah’s a fucking saint.
“She’ll ruin you, you know?”
“And if she does, I’ll let her.”
Savannah’s eyes widen in shock. I wasn’t lying when I said I don’t get attached.
I need to get the fuck out of here.
I head toward the door, but Savannah’s voice rings out from the dining room when my hand touches the knob.
“Why her? Out of everyone else in the world?”
I think about lying, but this time, I can’t. I need her to understand, I’m not walking away from this fight.
“Because she exists.”
Hannah
Ican’t sleep.
I woke shortly after Mason left and forced myself to shower because I could feel the sickness of that place on my skin. I was still awake even when I heard him come home. I listened to his footsteps on the hardwood floor outside my door, before they retreated quietly to his room.
The rain pounding against my window is, to put it lightly, the least of my worries.
