Remember Me Always by Renee Collins

Author:Renee Collins
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2017-07-26T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Grace slams her car into park and gets out, the engine still running. I’ve never seen that look on her face before. Not only shock but fury. And pain.

“What in the hell, Auden?”

“Grace. Let me explain.” The sharpness of desperation rings in his voice.

“No. No. I don’t want to hear it.” Her fierceness shocks me. “What are you doing here?”

“What are you doing here?” I ask, bristling at her tone.

She laughs, incredulous. “I came to pick you up after practice. To spend some time with you. I was feeling guilty. But I guess I didn’t need to since you were busy sneaking around behind my back anyway.”

I stare at her. The knee-jerk guilt of being caught has melted into anger. “I don’t have to explain myself to you. I’m not doing anything wrong.”

She scoffs, and I double down. “You are the one that should be explaining.”

“What are you talking about?” she snaps.

My jaw tightens. “How do you know Auden?”

Grace tenses, and that tells me everything I need to know.

“You know what happened. What really happened when I was in therapy. You’ve always known. And you’ve gone right along with it.”

“You don’t understand—”

“You’re right. I don’t. I don’t understand how you could let my mother erase a part of my freaking brain without my permission.”

Grace looks as if she’s going to reply, but bites back her words. “You don’t know what you’re talking about, okay?”

“Why didn’t you tell me I had a boyfriend?” I demand. “How could you let her do this?”

“There’s a lot to this story that you don’t know. And I’m sure Auden hasn’t told you either.”

Rage burns in my chest. “He’s the only one telling me anything! The doctor didn’t just stop my panic attacks, he took away part of my mind, Grace. Part of my life. Good parts. And you’re pretending it never happened.”

“No,” she says, shaking her head. “This is not about me. I’m not going to let this become about me. He’s the one who’s been hiding the whole story.” She points furiously at Auden. “Ask him, Shelby. Ask him to tell you to real truth.”

“I’m not hiding anything from her,” Auden snaps. “But I have the right to tell her in my own time.”

She laughs bitterly. “Whatever that means. Come on, Shelby. I’m taking you home right now.”

I back away. “Not until you tell me what’s going on.”

Grace comes toward me with determination. “I’m not leaving you with him.”

“She’s allowed to stay if she wants,” Auden says, moving between us.

Setting her jaw, Grace pulls out her phone. “Fine. Then I’m calling LouAnne.”

Auden’s eyes flash at Mama’s name, and we both cry out at the same time. “No!”

Grace scrolls to Mama’s number with a determined grit of her teeth. “If you don’t want her to know, I suggest you get out of here right now.”

“Don’t you dare bring Mama into this,” I say.

Auden grabs her arm. “Please don’t do this.”

Grace pulls herself free and, rage flashing in her eyes, jabs her phone. The call screen appears, and the soft sound of the first ring cuts through the air.

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