Not Your Little Girl Anymore by Sarah Lariviere

Author:Sarah Lariviere [Lariviere, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-08-09T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-seven

Summer

“Summer, stop.”

Alec’s voice penetrates through my eardrums, dragging the pain in my chest into an endless pit. I ignore him and keep moving faster, but I’m not fast enough.

The second his fingers wrap around my wrist, I turn around, my eyes blazing into Alec’s. My teeth grit together so tight, they very well may have split in half.

“Jesus, Summer. Can you stop for one second?”

I tug my arm from his grip. “Don’t fucking touch me,” I warn.

He raises his hands, palms facing me. “Please, just listen to me.”

Sympathy fills his features, and for a split second, I almost give in. But I remind myself of what he did—the lies.

My throat feels like it’s on fire. “There is nothing to talk about, Alec.” I ignore the way his dark eyebrows narrow. “Leave me alone, or I’ll have you arrested myself.”

His eyes harden. He’s quiet for a long time, studying me before his hand reaches up, scratching his temple. With a short move of his head, he turns around and walks away.

There is the slightest bit of hope inside of me that he’ll ignore my threat and turn around. If I’m being honest, I’m not positive I meant what I said to him. But the pain embedded in my soul is enough to know that I need to walk away from this—away from us.

Because there was never really an us from the start.

Breathing in, I go straight home—if I can even call that my home anymore.

The sun dips below the horizon, casting long shadows slightly above the tree line. The shadows now mirror the darkness that grows within my heart. My body aches, and my chest becomes tighter with each step I take. I feel like I can hardly breathe anymore. Everything around me is blurry from the uncontrollable tears that continue to spill out of my lids.

There is so much anger inside of me I feel like I’m going to burst.

For months, I’ve held every emotion inside, allowing them to gnaw at my insides like a parasite. It has now consumed me from the outside in, leaving me no longer able to contain the pain.

Today has been filled with nothing but a downpour of disappointment, betrayal, and heartache. So much that it physically hurts. It hurts so bad that I don’t know how I’m ever going to pull myself back together.

My tiny body can’t handle much more of this.

Struggling to catch my breath, I gasp for air and clutch at my chest. My hand grips my shirt tighter, tugging in an attempt to release the suffocation I feel.

Clamping my eyes shut, I try to suck in as much oxygen as I can. My legs shake desperately as I make my way up the front porch of my house and use my palm to open the door.

I go straight to the upstairs bathroom, feeling the need to scrub my skin until there is nothing left to scrub.

My head spins, taking my body with it. I grip strands of my hair, nearly ripping them from the roots.

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