Easier to Run by Silver Rain

Author:Silver Rain [Rain, Silver]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Amazon: B00W4JACAI
Published: 2015-05-03T23:00:00+00:00

Cassie

Ben and I drove separately to the Waffle Nook so we could each go our separate ways after we ate. I was doing what I could to embrace my new attitude on life, but today would be my test. Taking back my life. I didn’t want to be dependent on anyone. I wanted to know that I could stand on my own—but I didn’t mind having someone nearby who wouldn’t mind catching me if I fell.

“Cas,” Ben called as I opened my car door to leave. “You should take my number—just in case.”

“Right,” I said, digging out my phone and finally turning it on. I dreaded the moment it updated with all of the messages I had missed. I groaned and opened my phone book.

“Your grandparents?” he asked.

I shook my head. My thumb hovered over the messages button. Honesty—we were trying to be open and honest. I took a deep breath, pressed the button, and handed him the phone. As soon as he looked down, I waited for my stomach to tie in knots and issue a refund on the waffles I’d just eaten.

His eyes widened and mouth opened, but nothing came out. “Cas—”

I stared at the ground. “S-someone put my number in the comments on one of the videos.”

“How long have you been getting these?” His voice was strained and tense, like an old guitar string wound too tight and ready to break.

I raked my tongue across my teeth. I knew where this whole conversation was going to end up heading—well, at least two possibilities. The first, getting my number changed. The second, it’d all loop around to the videos I did. The videos that were at any moment floating around in cyberspace for hundreds… thousands… if not more guys sitting in front of their computers staring at me—naked—with another man who I hadn’t spoken to since the last video. “Since I got out of the hospital. I block one number and ten more pop up. But honestly, the last few weeks have been quieter.”

“There must be thirty or forty messages on here since yesterday afternoon.”

“Yeah….”

“You need to change your number.” He pressed a few buttons and handed the phone back. “I put in my cell.”

“Thanks, and I know.” I stared down at Ben’s name in the phonebook. “The problem is… if I change my number, I have to go in and notify the lawyer. And just thinking about it, makes me prefer the messages.”

“Tomorrow,” he said, leaning in to kiss me—probably to soften the blow. “We get you a new number, and I’ll go with you to get it changed at the lawyer’s office.”

I nodded. At least it was better than going alone.

“Brantley’s girlfriend always works a double on Sundays, so he’ll be at the apartment if you need in before I get there. Give me a call if you need anything else.”

I tapped his number and typed, Will do.

His phone buzzed and he looked down at it and smiled, then gave me another kiss. “Later, Bug.”

“Bye,” I said, sliding into my car.

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