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Dive into Chapter 244 of "Tempting Venom": Fuck no.Iām hearing things.Preston will get up. Iāll take him. Weāll leave.Thatās how itāll be.... Find out more!
Fuck no.
Iām hearing things.
Preston will get up. Iāll take him. Weāll leave.
Thatās how itāll be. Thatās how itāll onlyeverfucking be.
āWhat the fuck!ā Jude wrenches the doctor by the collar. āWhat do you mean by ācondolencesā? Go in there and bring him the fuck back!ā
āYouāre lying.ā I sound like an animal as I jerk against the grip of the men. āThis is a fucking lie!ā
He will get up.
I will take him.
Wewill leave.
Another two men join the previous ones, and I shout and fight as they drag me out with them.
Taking me away from Preston.
No.
This is only temporary. It can only ever be temporary.
He will get up.
I will take him.
Wewill leave.
It wasnāt temporary.
Preston didnāt get up.
I watched, completely numb, as his closed casket was buried in the ground, as everyone in his family treated the funeral like a networking event.
An opportunity to show off the Armstrongsā wealth and prestige while inviting members of their community to mourn with them.
The only one who cried from his family was Miley, hugging his casket and weeping. āPressie, itās not true, right? Youāll come back, and weāll go skating, right? Iāll save you my pastries until you come back, Pressie, okay?ā
But even she was removed by her mother before I could get to her. And maybe itās better that I didnāt.
Because if I talk to her, Iāll see Preston in her wide eyes, and Iāll lie to her and tell her heās okay.
He has to be.
My Preston is not buried six feet under.
But he is.
And I still refuse to believe it. Even as the attendees filterout one by one from the cemetery. The last to go are the Vipers team, some of whom were shedding tears as Kane spoke about Preston.
Jude didnāt.
Heās also standing in front of his grave, and I need him to go because Iām going to dig my Preston out of that dirt.
I will take him.