Chapter 7

"He told you before that I was his past." She raised her head up, haughtily, a look of smug self-assurance on her face. "I'm sure he's realized now that I'm his present and future too."

A cruel grin appeared on her otherwise pretty face.

It made her look sinister and grotesque.

She stared at me, triumphantly, as though waiting for me to break down and cry.

I just laughed, casually. "You really don't have a sense of shame, do you?"

"What's there to be ashamed of? He's mine! He's always been mine. You were just a temporary amusement!"

I lifted my hand and brought it around in a sweeping arc.

*Slap*

The sound seemed to hang in the air.

Cecilia clasped her cheek and stared at me in disbelief. "You crazy ... I'm reporting you to the police!"

...

She was as good as her word.

When the police arrived, Cecilia insisted she was gravely hurt and demanded they check the CCTV. Hugh had hurried out from his hospital room and she clasped his hand and told him how awful I'd been.

When the police found