2016 WATTY AWARD WINNING CHEATER, FAKER, TROUBLEMAKER SEQUEL
Written by Jenny Rosen & Kristen Maglonzo
For rehabilitated bad boy, Elias King, falling in love again means losing everything--including his life.
When a ghost from his past tears him aw...
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Elias
Somebody's knocking on Jersey's door.
They've been at it for the last ten minutes. Maybe fifteen. I don't know. I don't really care. Cause nothing outside of this room matters to me right now.
Jersey's curled up in my chest, head nestled against my shoulder, crying. She's been crying since we stopped talking and she's not alone in that. If my dad walked in right now, I know exactly how he'd take all this. How he'd think of me.
He'd stare down at the two of us with that crooked smirk on his face and tell me that everything that's happened is my fault. And for the first time in his life he'd actually be right about something.
He used to lecture me and Tanner about taking responsibility--even though he's never been responsible for anything or anyone in his life--including his own family.
And I promised myself that I'd be better than that.
That I'd be better than him.
But now that I'm responsible for all of this, I'm not too sure what that makes me.
I shut my eyes hoping it'll shut out the sound of my dad's voice in my head-but it only gets louder.
You did this.
He's gone because of you.
She's ruined because of you.
All of this is because of you.
I open my mouth to respond to him-to tell my dad that I didn't mean to do what I did, that I made a mistake, and that I'm sorry, but there's no one here to apologize to. He's just a shadow. A ghost.
You're okay, Eli.
You're okay.
He isn't here,
He isn't---
I bite down on my tongue when I start talking to myself out loud.
I don't want Jersey to hear me. I don't want her to know that I'm losing it when she's already in pieces.
Jersey tightens her grip around me and her touch kicks me out of the moment and back to Belmar.
