Bleed Like Me by C. Desir

Author:C. Desir
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Pulse

14

“I think we should do E again.” I was wrapped in a blanket in the back of Brooks’s car, staring at the scuff marks on the vinyl seat.

He shifted me on top of him and played with the ends of my hair. “Really?”

“Yeah. I liked it.”

He grinned and cupped my chin. “Yeah. I thought you might. Not really a good idea, though.”

“Are you worried about Sue?”

He shook his head. “Not so much. But I’m worried about you. E can be really addictive. I don’t think you should be exposed to too many things that are addicting.”

I lifted my head. “Why not?”

He chuckled. “Because then you’ll fall. It’s in your nature. You’re a bit compulsive.”

I whacked him. “Go to hell. I am not.”

He slid his hand down to the back of my thigh. He peeled the bandage off and touched the deep cut lines. “Yes, sweetheart. You are.”

“What about you, then?” I pouted.

“Not so much, usually.” He pressed the bandage back in place.

“Usually?” I quirked an eyebrow at him.

“With you it’s a bit different. I’ve never wanted anything as much as you before.”

My breath caught in a hiccup of happiness and desire. “And you have me.”

“Not quite,” he whispered into my hair. “But I will.”

I’d given him so much. Part of me didn’t get why he wouldn’t think I was his, but the other part of me knew he was sort of right. I rested my chin on my hands.

“How much more can I give you?”

“How much money do you have saved up?” He grinned and wagged his eyebrows.

“Are you serious?”

“Sort of.”

A wrinkle formed in my brow. “I don’t know. Most of my paychecks for the past two years. But I’m not lending you money.”

“I don’t want you to.”

“Then what does it matter how much I’ve got?”

He ran his fingers through my hair. “Run away with me.”

I blinked. “What?”

“I’ll be eighteen soon. And out of the system. I can do whatever I want. Your birthday is first. You’ll be legal. Leave town with me.”

“What about school?”

“I probably won’t pass. I’ve missed too much. I can get my GED. So can you.”

A lead weight rested in the bottom of my stomach. “Does Sue want you to leave?”

“Probably. I don’t know. I haven’t really asked her.”

I hooked my finger into his nipple ring. “Why do you want to take off?”

He stared at me for too long, his fingers moving over the contours of my face. “So my dad can’t find me.”

I lifted myself from him. “I thought you hadn’t seen him in a long time.”

“I haven’t,” he said, pulling me back down. “But the last time I did, he told me he’d be back for me, my ass belonged to him.”

“What? What does that mean?”

He released a sigh. “I assume you’ve heard about my stint in juvie?”

I pursed my lips.

He nodded. “Thought so. Well, it wasn’t very long because I was pretty young, but it had to do with my dad.”

I laced my fingers through his and squeezed. He squeezed back and my heart thumped.

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