V for Virgin (Cassie and Ethan) novel Chapter 82

Seth, A

Story–5

when Seth turned his face towards me.

Why do you think you’re not wrth:

1 giggled.

What else could I do? Sob? No, that wasn’t going to happen. So I giggled and gave him a crooked smile. “Help!” I shouted in a sing- song voice that was only mildly on key. “I need somebody, help! Not just anybody Seth leaned forward and pushed his lips against mine silencing me. He kept his eyes open and he watched me, his warm lips still,

when he pulled away, my burst of inappropriate humor had left me and I was so close to breaking down that I needed something t stop me. I bit down hard on my lip, letting out a tiny gasp at the pale and the sudden burst of copper tainting my mouth.

“Why Cassie?

I shrugged as casually as I could. I don’t know, but this isn’t about be right now. It’s about-

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“It’s about what happened last night and how I ran like a scared little boy. The idea of having something so amazing torn away from me because of death was too much,” Seth said, his volée taking on a hardened, determined tone,

“Death? What death? Did someone die? I mean, I know you lost your sister when you were fifteen and I understand a little better how close you were to her, but-*

“I never told you how she died.”

I swallowed the lump forming in my throat. “H–how did she die?”

“Well, her boyfriend was a jackass, the type that says ‘if you love me you’ll fuck me. And she did love him, which was beyond me. It was the only time I ever questioned her judgment. When he found out he got her pregnant and that she wanted it–it didn’t matter that, as devout Catholics, my father wouldn’t have let her have an abortion anyway–he left. Maddie still wanted that baby something fierce. She was happy even after he left her. I think she was using the pain to be stronger. And she was so strong! My father was overjoyed at the prospects of having a grandchild and he started being around a lot more. We almost felt like a real family there for a while,”

Frowning. It

pulled away from Seth, placing a hand over his chest. “Seth, how did she die?”

He took a deep breath. “She bled to death.”