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And he didnāt only kill her, but also the hit man who shot me and a few other guys who helped.
Marcus killed for the first time.
For me.
Also, according to Kane, Marcus was there during the shooting and at the hospital when they announced my ādeath.ā I didnāt hallucinate it.
Marcus didholdme in his arms as I was fighting whether or not to surrender to my demons.
That means I have a tiny chance, right? I mean, he better take me.
Hopefully.
Iāll beg if I have to.
Almost dying has given me a different perspectiveāall the time I was hiding and running shouldāve been spent doing what I love.
Namely, hugging and kissing and touching Marcus.
I shouldāve just been with him as much as possible when I could, when thatās what I always wanted to do. Itās probably been going on longer than before we started our little arrangement.
Maybe since the rivalry began?
Since college?
Iām not sure when, exactly, but that sensation of being drawn to him, annoyed by him, and feeling threatened by him wasnāt only rivalry.
For a long time, I couldnāt explain the sensation of being around him or the pull I felt toward him, but now, I can.
I think I had a crush on Marcus.
It started during our first college game, I think. By the end of it, he crashed me to the ice, and his heavy body was all over me as he reached a hand toward me.
He had this dark, hooded look in his eyes, and I remember panicking like crazy.
Heās going to eat me alive,I thought.
And I couldnāt move. All I could do was watch, waiting with bated breath, my heart on the verge of beating out of my chest.
All the sounds around us disappeared as his eyes metaphorically pulled my skin open and toyed with my deplorable insides?ā
But then, Jude dragged him away from me before he could touch me, and my brain, being my brain, decided weād completely forget about that moment.
Panic? We donāt do that. Thatās why I made myself think it was because I hated him.
But in reality, Iāve been into him for a long time. I just refused to face it or even entertain it.
Now, Ifinallycan.
āAre you going in?ā Hayes asks from the driverās seat as I stare at my reflection in the mirror, willing my hair to behave.
āWhat if heās not there?ā
āThereās a light on in the house, and I already confirmed he came home after practice. You can go anytime now.ā
āShut up, let me practice what Iām going to say.ā
āYou already did for the past hour, and none of it sounded natural, by the way.ā