Let Me Be the One by Lily Foster

Author:Lily Foster
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2014-08-12T23:00:00+00:00

I let myself back in quietly, returned the keys to their spot and gathered some fresh sheets, bleach, and a garbage bag to get Jenna’s room back to normal. I cried as I bleached the mattress clean of blood and cried when I threw out the sheets and her clothes.

Oh, Jenna. I could imagine she was feeling a mixture of sadness, loss, relief, and guilt. I know getting Dan there was the right thing to do. He loved her so much. I thought about him holding her with complete love and tenderness. Once he knew, he was there for her. It made me feel the loss of Tom like a kick to the gut. I knew I had shut Tom out. I knew my behavior had been confusing to him. I owed him more of an explanation but that was going to have to wait until later. Right now I needed a shower and a few hours’ sleep.

I woke to my phone ringing. Dan told me they were releasing Jenna in about an hour and he was swinging by to get a change of clothes for her. No one else was home and we both hugged and cried again when he walked in. I told him I was sorry that I hadn’t come to him earlier but he told me he understood.

Jenna looked pale and wiped out when they got back. She and I sat on her bed, me holding her, as Dan parked the car. I was a little worried that she would be mad at me for calling Dan but she wasn’t. “Darcy, you have been so good to me. I love you.”

“Stop. You know you would do the same for me. It’s going to be ok, Jenna.”

Dan walked back in, gave me a kiss on the cheek, climbed right into bed with Jenna, and stroked her hair. I looked at them together for a second before I turned to go. “See you later guys. I love you.”

I needed to talk to Tom. I tried to get a hold of him but he didn’t answer the phone. I hoped it wasn’t because he didn’t want to speak to me but I knew it probably was. I was just going to have to suck it up and go to him. I ran into Chris on my way to Tom’s place. “Hey Darcy, what’s up? You ok?”

I must have looked like the walking dead; everyone I passed had been asking me if I was ok. “I’m alright. I was just heading over to see if Tom was around.”

“He’s at the rugby house. I just came back to get an extra tap for the keg. I’ll take you there.”

I wasn’t in the mood for a party. “Nah, I don’t know, Chris.”

“Oh come on. He’ll be happy if you’re there, Darcy. That boy’s been walking around like a kid who just dropped his ice cream cone for the past few weeks. Come on. You’re coming.”

“Okay.”

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