Chapter 92

“The nerve you have is amazing.” He flashed a pained smile as he said this and his voice was like poisoned bullets piercing my chest. “Now that you’re over it, you want to become the beacon of morality. Well, I’m not you. I won't stop until Oscar pays for everything; every lie, every insult. Everything.”

I was exhausted. It was no use getting him to see reason. I don’t know why I bothered trying.

“Fine, do what you want,” I said firmly, locking eyes with him. “But I won’t take you to Deandra. She’s worse than the devil and she’ll drag you down further than hell if you allow it.”

My heart sank to my feet. I knew this could be it. This could be how I lost him for good. Even if he didn’t see it that way, I cared about him too much to take him to Deandra, evil incarnate herself.

“She’s that bad?” he asked.

Hope flickered in my heart because he finally showed some emotion.

“Yes, Jesse,” I damn near screamed.

I couldn’t believe I was getting through to him. I told him all the dark