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“You love her” It’s not a question, but a state to yank itself away to beat the living shit out of hi known her body e

“I do,” he confir around to face hi e that he and Abby didn’t have sex tonight The relief of knowing they didn’t is there, butme to enjoy it

“But not the way you’re thinking,” he expounds further “I love her, but I’m not in love with her I could never make her truly happy I could keep her body satisfied, but never her heart Just like she could never satisfy my heart I could be with her, but we could never really be happy with each other”

The seriousness of his tone, and the way his eyes don’t waver fro the truth

“Why are you only wearing your jeans?” I narrowthat part odd

“Because she puked on me” My eyes flicker down, and I notice a feet spots on the thighs of his jeans, like he tried wiping soot out of the shower, because soot on my arms and I wanted that shit off Then you knocked on the door”

I nod, accepting his excuse “How is she?” I ask,back full force

“Go see for yourself” He lifts his chin in the direction of her bedroom, and I walk quickly down the hallway

When I enter her roo frohtly ajar My feet carry ht frohtly daainst her cheeks Although she’s asleep, she see back and forth beneath her lids, and her legs are sliding back and forth against each other Little moans slip past her lips

My own stomach cramps at the apparent pain she’s in, even in sleep

“How is she asleep right now?” I ask Nathan, who I felt step into the roo in pain?”

“Because she’s doped up on Valium”

I turn and scowl at his doesn’t sit ith me

He shrugs “It was her choice It was either that, fuck s”

I turn back to Abby, and dropht This isI promised her I’d find a way to always be there for her, and we’re barely weeks into our relationship, and I’ve already let her down