Page 75 of Ivy's Venom

“What happened?” I get up and prepare myself to go to wherever the hell he is.

“I need to know if it was Charlotte that gave you that pill.”

When it rains it really fucking pours.

“I…”

“Ivy, I know I’ve been cruel and I know I don’t really deserve any truth from you, but you were the person that was involved in my sister’s death. I hated you. I still hate that it was you there with her that night, but I need to know if she was on drugs.” He’s pleading with me and I don’t know what to say because my loyalty will always be with Charlotte.

“Neil, I don’t know if she was on drugs that night. As for where I got the pills? Someone at school.” It’s a blatant lie but I’m hoping he buys it.

He needs to let his sister rest in peace and not dredge up her past. What difference would it make at this point? And to be fair, I really don’t know what Charlotte was taking in the days before she died because I was consumed with my Grandma’s illness and then her death.

He’s quiet and I lay there in silence with him. I can’t bring his sister back no matter how hard I wish for it because I’ve fucking tried. I offered whatever god is up there to take me instead, I didn’t deserve to live, and I wanted to leave this Earth anyways. But I never get what I pray for.

“Sorry I bothered you.” He finally says and my heart breaks.

“You’re not a bother.”

“Goodnight.” He whispers and hangs up the phone.

What has made him turn his sights onto his sister like this and dig through her life? What has he found out that’s making him see something he didn’t see before? I don’t want him to dig because if he finds out the one secret I have been keeping safe for over two years, then he will hate me more, along with everyone else, and everything I endured at the hands of Dean will all be for nothing.

It can’t ever be all for nothing, I couldn’t live with that thought, and the demons I keep locked away, will surely find their way out. I need to find out what he’s searching for and then I need to keep him away from it, because I don’t want him to ever drown in regret.

Amelia may be my key in all of this but I need to make it clear to her that I’m into her brother and probably always have been. I have a feeling she’s been telling Neil just how crazy Charlotte was becoming and I can’t let that come out.

None of it was her fault.

Precious Blood Academy is bustling with that Friday excitement, the students in the halls are chirping, and everyone is talking about parties they're hitting up. I have one person I need to find as I zone out all others in my peripheral vision.

"Ivy?" Her voice has me stopping dead in my tracks and my arms breaking out into goosebumps. "I haven't been able to catch up with you, you were apparently sick?"

I turn and stare into Molly's eyes, it takes everything in me not to claw them out. I know she's not her father and I know she has nothing to do with what he did to me, but her face is fucking pissing me off, nonetheless.

"I can't talk right now, Molly." I breathe in deeply, trying to calm my quaking insides, "how's your dad?"

"Oh, he's okay, I think Mom is coming back home." She looks at me with a slightly confused look.

"Tell him I say hi." I nod and then storm off. I'm not sure what made me say that and I'm not really thinking about the repercussions. Regardless of the fear I should be feeling, right now it's all rage.

I finally spot Amelia's dark curly hair standing at her locker, in the company of Veronica, Tanya, and Amber, when the fuck did she start chilling with them?

I shove myself between them and stand in Amelia's face, "we need to talk."

Her eyes widen and I hear Veronica clear her throat, I turn my head and look her in the eye, "not right now, bitch."

She looks stunned and then turns on her heel to stomp off down the hall. I look over to Tanya and Amber, shooing them away with my hands and they quickly chase after their ring leader.

"Fuck, that was hot." Amelia whispers.

"Keep those panties dry, brat." I grin at her, "I'm here to ask about your brother."

"Of course you are," she grins and leans back against her locker, "what do you need to know?"

"What has he been asking about Charlotte?"

She stands straight at that and looks up and down the hallway.

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