Harp

he house, ignoring my mothe

edal to the floor, and the car shot for

ed to look him in the eyes and a

and again, but each attempt was like hitti

e was fooling around with Katharine, he couldn't even be

her inside me. Tears welled up, bl

k of my hand. I couldn't cry. I h

e, I burst through the door. The apa

d never left th

n to the bathroom and hunched over the

ooked at my pathetic r

it for his judgment. I was g

emony required both parties to be present and to speak the sac

, [Name], accept your rejection." Only then

rn in two, especially for the one initiating it. But I didn't care

a frantic need to erase every tr

ntly infused with his scent, that smell of

t made me

to its hottest setting. Scalding water rained

, anything I could find, and scru

bbed it raw against my neck and shoulders

ng in some places, burning with a

nt away, erase every

n I turned off the water, his scent-the one that felt

. Unless the bond was broken,

, my strength gone, letting the col

ave. I couldn't even get rid of his s

nally let myself sob, the sounds ec

, but eventually, I heard a s

as b

instantly. My

owel and wrapping it around my body.

nt him. Tonight. Righ