chapter 31 - the truth

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After Sarah finally stopped coughing, it got dark, so we decided to get some blankets and pillows from the boats underground cabinet. We set up the mini beds and put a little lamp in between them.

Ever since Sarah had one puff of that joint, she has been insanely weird. I can tell she is very high.

She clearly has never smoked before...

Sarah keeps laughing for no reason and is continuously asking me strange and unusual questions.

"Wow." Sarah laughs and looks up to the sky. "Hey, guess what?" I roll my eyes while sighing, not wanting to talk. "Would you rather... have— I was imagining you like this just now. I was pretty funny. Would you ima— no, would you rather... have nipples for eyes or eyes for nipples?" I look at her with disgusted furrowed brows while she continues blabbering. "Imagine if you get really old and your nipples— your boobs, get saggy, and your nipples, if they were your eyes, you could see if your shoes were untied." Sarah chuckles. I stay looking at her disgustedly as she turns her head to me. When she sees my face, her expression drops and I turn my head away.

"Is this like your first time smoking or something?" I ask blankly.

Sarah looks down, a little hesitant on what to say.

"No." She speaks quietly.

I roll my eyes, knowing that's not the truth.

A long moment of silence goes by until she starts talking again.

"Hey, Y/n...?" Sarah speaks up innocently.

"Oh, my god." I groan with frustration. I roll my eyes and turn to face her. "Enough of this 'Hey Y/n!' bullshit. Why'd you do it?"

"Why did I do what?" Sarah asks, but I know she knows what I mean.

"You know what I'm talking about." I instantly respond. "I mean, we were fine. But as soon as you find out that Rafe and I were dating, you just had it in for me. Like the day you find out, you just all of a sudden hated me. I was nothing but nice to you and all you did was make me feel worthless, and I don't even know why! I mean, really, what did I do?"

Sarah looks down for a moment and sighs before looking back up.

"I didn't want you to be another one."

What?

My eyebrows furrow in confusion.

"What are you talking about? Another what?" I question.

"Another girl who's life gets destroyed by my brother." Sarah answers softly.

Wait...

Is she serious?

"Wha..? I... I don't get what your saying." I shake my head in confusion and stare at her, telling her to continue on.

Sarah takes a deep breath as she stares up at the sky.

"Every girl that my brother has been with has ended up hurt and destroyed. And I don't just mean mentally. All the relationships that he's had have ended up terribly and I just couldn't witness another girl getting hurt by my brother." Sarah tells me. I can't believe what I'm hearing. "I just thought that maybe if I was mean to you... then you wouldn't want to be around my family anymore. Which would mean you wouldn't want to be around Rafe anymore. Look, I understand if you hate me but I just want you to know why I did it. And that I'm really sorry."

My eyebrows furrow as tears begin forming in my eyes.

I can't believe it.

Is what she's saying true?

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