Don't Lie (Previously Bad Boys Never Change)

24. It Hurts

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Some Park Near Dante's House

Chloe

I sat on one of the benches in the park near Dante's house, the exact one that we had been sitting on when he had asked me out. How ironic, looking at our situation now... I wondered why I was here right now, what amount of stupidity could drive me to do what I was about to do right now.

I'm such an idiot...

A flash of gold had me looking up from my lap, my eyes trained on the moving head of blonde hair that was casually strolling down the pavement. Katy... I gathered my courage-and idiocy-and got up from the bench, striding hurriedly over to Katy before I could regret anything.

I walked closer to her and breathed in deeply. "Katy?" I called out, and she turned to look at me with a slight smile on her face. Call me paranoid but I swear I could see a bit of sheepishness in her expression. I jogged-more like quickly shuffled-over to her and grabbed her arm, trying not to grip onto her too tightly.

I would be calm and collected about this, we would just be having a simple talk, it'll all be friendly and civilised...

"What have you been doing with Dante?" well so much for calm and collected. "Have you been shagging him? When did you two begin meeting up? Did you know that he has a girlfriend?"

With every question I asked, Katy's gaze grew more and more timid-and a little fearful if I had been properly paying attention. I figured she was just ashamed or whatever; had she really been... No...

I grabbed her upper arms and tightened my hold a little, though not intentionally trying to hurt her. "Hey Katy-"

"PLEASE STOP IT! STOP IT! DON'T HURT HER! GO AWAY! I'LL DO WHAT YOU WANT! LEAVE HER ALONE! MUMMY! MUMMY HELP ME! I CAN'T FIND IT! TELL ME WHERE IT IS! MUMMY!" Katy shrieked and I let go of her immediately, jumping back two feet as she fell to her knees and began to shake and sob.

My eyes widened; what had I done to her? What had happened to her that had made her so traumatised? I felt a bubble of guilt begin to grow in my belly as the realisation that I had been the one to do that to her hit me.

I groaned inwardly. That settles it: I'm an evil bastard through and through, I keep hurting the people around me, albeit unintentionally.

I squatted beside Katy's shivering form and reached out a hand to pat her back. "Look, Katy, I'm so-" before my hand could even make contact she was gone, bolting away at a speed I couldn't imagine a fragile looking girl like her could manage.

I tried to chase after her, to apologise or something. But she was too fast, I couldn't catch up to her before she had completely disappeared from my view.

This girl... She has...problems. Maybe... Maybe I was wrong to assume things about her and Dante, maybe he was just her form of a therapist... If it had been me meeting up with someone all the time, Dante probably wouldn't have jumped to conclusions and did what I did. That was all me.

And I regret it terribly.

I don't deserve Dante, not with me acting like this. An image of Katy's shaking form flashed through my mind and I sighed: I've made my decision. She needs him way more than I do, after all.

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"HEY CHLOE!" my head whipped around and I met Dante's blue eyes. He was furious, steam literally coming out of his ears as he stormed towards me. Had he found out what I had done to Katy? Was he mad because of that?