Adopted by Our2ndLife

Chapter 56

As we pull up to the boy's house, I throw my car into park and sprint into the house.

The front door was wide open- which worried me deeply.

"Jc!-" I scream, my throat tingles as I yell at the top of my lungs "-Jc!"

Before I could start to search for him, I hear footsteps behind me.

I whirl around and see Kat in the doorway.

Her expressions reads both sorrow and guilt.

"This is all my fault-" she whimpers. A single tear rolls down her perfectly tan cheek.

"If it weren't for me getting all up in my h-head we wouldn't... he wouldn't be..." she bursts into tears before she could finish her guilty speech.

"No Kat." I throw my arms around her, her whimpers sounding clearer as ever in my ear.

"It's not your fault." I whisper.

"That's what everyone say when they know it's your fault." she pushes me away and sulks back to the car.

I hesitate to follow.

I need to find Jc, her may be hurt.

But my feet carry me to Kat, she leans against the hood of my car and I slide in next to her.

"It's not your fault Kat-"

"Stop it. Stop defending me, it's my fault we practically got kidnapped and it's my fault that AJ is out to get your boyfriend. If it wasn't for me being a huge ass, seeking revenge for something you didn't even do, this wouldn't have happened. Jc ran away because of me, you got tied up because of me. I have a fucking black eye for god sake! It's. All. My. Fault." she takes breath and lays her head in her hands then looks up at me.

Her mascara is all down her cheeks and eye liner is smeared.

"I'm so sorry Tori." she breaks out into sobs and lays her head in my lap.

I stroke her hair and take a deep breath.

Deep down I know for a fact it's not all on Kat.

It's partially Jc's fault for running away- he couldn't handle the truth or telling me something.

It's AJ's fault Kat has a black eye.

And it's my fault for looking for clues in the first place.

Yet where does this all add up to... I know exactly where.