Page 15 of Of Heartbreak and Harmony
“Things have gotten worse over the last few months? Why the fuck am I just finding out?”
“I didn’t want to worry you,” Sav says, her voice weak.
It’s like a punch to the chest. It just highlights how much we’ve changed in the last year. I used to be the first person she’d confide in. Now I’m on the fringes. Relegated to a footnote in her autobiography. I clench my teeth and shake my head.
“Did you guys know?”
I pose the question to the group, glancing around at my bandmates. Jonah shakes his head, but Mabel nods slowly.
“I knew.”
I sit back on the couch and look back at Hammond. “Well?”
“Well, the tabloids over the last few months have started circulating more rumors that you and Savannah are back together.”
I shrug. I don’t pay attention to any of that shit anymore. Hammond rounds the corner of the couch and drops some papers in my lap. When I look at them, I feel the color leave my face.
They’re pictures of letters.
As I flip through them, I feel sick.
The letters call Sav a whore. They say she’s a cheating cunt. They call her out for getting back together with me. They say she deserves to die. Sav’s gotten letters before from stalkers and crazy fans, but they usually profess undying love. Call her their soulmate. Threaten suicide if she doesn’t respond. This is the first I’m learning of any death threats.
“The originals are with the police, but so far they have no leads.”
I look back at Sav. “Where’s Levi?”
She bites her lip. “I sent him, Brynn, and Sharon back to North Carolina. I don’t want to put them in danger.”
“He just agreed to leave? You’re getting fucking death threats at your home, Savannah. He justleft you?”
“He doesn’t know. I didn’t tell him.” She drags her hand through her silver hair and sends me pleading eyes.
“You shouldn’t have to protect your boyfriend. He should be protecting you. You should have fucking told him,” I snap.
You should have fucking toldme,I want to add, but I bite my tongue.
“Don’t do this right now, Tor. Please.”
The crack on the please guts me, and I flick my eyes back to Hammond. It hurts too much to see Sav in pain and not be able to hold her. That’s not my place anymore, and the guy whose place it is...well, she’s sent him off toprotecthim.
“We think since Levi and Sav’s relationship is so low profile, it’s not dramatic enough for the paps to cover, so it didn’t piss off the stalker. But now that theTorren King and Sav Loveless Toxic Love Affairis back in the media...Well, death threats.”
“Why didn’t she get death threats before? You know, when we wereactuallytogether?”
Mabel snorts out a derisive laugh.
“She did, dumbass. She just didn’t tell you because she wanted toprotectyou.”
Jesus fuck.
I tear my gaze from Mabel and look right at Sav. She refuses to meet my eyes, but her jaw pops. Her nostrils flare. Her eyes go glassy. When I speak, there’s no hiding the hurt—thebetrayal—in my voice.
“Younevershould have hidden something like that from me.”
She shrugs but she doesn’t say anything. She doesn’t snap back like she would havebefore. Sobriety has done wonders for her temper.
“Right. Well, if your emotional outburst is over, I’d like to get to the point.”
