‹ Prequel: Beyond
Status: Last story in the Avidity trilogy.
Sinister
Sick
Scott smiled, there was blood on his teeth. Then he touched my cheek, and a sick feeling crept into the pit of my stomach. My knees buckled slightly, but he held me upright, his fingers digging into my shoulders.
"I'm here for you," he whispered roughly. "John wasn't supposed to die that night. It was always supposed to be you."
"I don't believe you," I snapped.
"Can't you feel it — the guilt over what you've done? Charlotte." He lifted my hand and pressed it to his shirt, to the wound and the blood. "Come on, open your eyes. It's right in front of you." When he shifted away from me, I saw the gun sitting on my desk.
My breathing hitched.
"It won't hurt," Scott told me gently, stepping back. "I promise."
"I'm here for you," he whispered roughly. "John wasn't supposed to die that night. It was always supposed to be you."
"I don't believe you," I snapped.
"Can't you feel it — the guilt over what you've done? Charlotte." He lifted my hand and pressed it to his shirt, to the wound and the blood. "Come on, open your eyes. It's right in front of you." When he shifted away from me, I saw the gun sitting on my desk.
My breathing hitched.
"It won't hurt," Scott told me gently, stepping back. "I promise."
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I don't know where this is going anymore, if it even makes sense.