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PROBLEM XL :Revelations! Revelations!
Silence lapsed. Maeve killed herself? For a moment I couldn’t register the words in my head. It took a while for me to come up with words to reply but Houston sharply cut me off.
“If you are going to say sorry, shove it up your ass.”
I clamped my mouth shut, realizing just how many people must’ve apologized for something they had no part in. “I wasn’t going to say that,” I mumbled.
“All she ever said was that she was fine. If she was, she would’ve been here! That day when you told me you were fine, I flipped. Felt like history was repeating itself...I can’t fucking believe you didn’t tell me Clover."
“It’s not something I’m proud of Houston. No one knows but you.”
“Why would you even stay with him after all he has done?” Houston glared at me, “Do you like getting the crap beaten out of you?”
“Of course, I do not like getting the crap beaten out of me! But that is not just it, okay? It’s more than that. So much more, I wish I could explain it all to you but—”
“Then JUST EXPLAIN!” Houston yelled, slamming his foot on the brakes. He shook his head in frustration, “You know, I thought I could wait until we were inside closed four walls, but I really can’t. Please tell me why before I lose my goddamned mind, because this, half a revelation is eating me alive.”
Houston’s breathing was heavy and eratic, he was heaving in front of me, his fingers clad over the driving wheel. He was angry, but there were so many emotions flashing through his eyes miles per second, I had barely caught a few. And few was enough to know that he needed to know for his own peace of mind.
“This stays here?” I asked, rising an eyebrow.
“This stays here,” He confirmed.
I sighed. There was never going to be a time I was going to be ready for this. In my book of life, this was a dreaded moment. A dreaded question to answer. If I had it my way, I would never answer it. Exhaling, I readied myself.
