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“So, care to tell me what’s going on?” she asks as Jason walks away from us.

“I’ve never shared this with anyone before.” I press my lips. “I can’t even see myself recalling that nightmare, so I wanted to tell Brandon first.”

Her shoulders relax, and she touches my face. “It’s okay. How about you tell me about your unfortunate reunion with Drake?”

“It was… a disaster.” I give in. “He paraded himself in front of Brandon, and he showed up today, and he will again, I’m sure. He’s not going to stop, A.”

“He’s obsessed with you, I know. We didn’t know what was going on, but there wasn’t a day that passed that he didn’t mention you.” Her face turned concerned. “At first, I thought he just loved you so much, until Chris noticed something was wrong. He hurt you, Laynie. That was one thing Jason and I knew, but I didn’t know there was more to it, whatever it was.”

And I hate that after everything the devil did to me, whenever he was near, I found myself submitting. “I don’t know how Brandon wi