Page 200 of P.S. I'm Still Yours

I unlock my phone with a swipe of my thumb, scrolling through all the texts I’ve ignored.

Jamie

Girl, what in the FUCK is going on?

Jamie

I can’t believe you just left town without saying goodbye. You know I’m not mad at you for what happened at the bonfire, right? My brother acted like a douche nozzle.

Jamie

Are you okay? No one’s heard from you in weeks.

Jamie

Drea and I are this close to showing up at your dorm to make sure you’re alive. ANSWER US.

I tap out of our conversation and select Scar’s name.

He’s the last person I expected to hear from and, ironically, the person who’s texted me the most since I left the beach house.

Scar

He’s not sleeping.

Scar

Hadley, I’ve never seen him like this.

Scar

I know that was a lot to take in but you need to hear him out. You don’t even know the whole story.

Scar

Hadley, please. He’s off the rails.

Scar

You’re going to have to talk to him sooner or later.

I considered blocking his number, the way I blocked Kane’s number the second I found out the truth, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it.

The truth is, I want Scar to update me. All the media does these days is talk about how the trial with Joshua is coming up when all I really want to know is how Kane is doing behind closed doors.

I know I shouldn’t care.

I don’t want to care.

If only I had a say in the matter.

I delete Scar’s messages before opening my conversation with Drea.

Drea

UMMM, you want to tell me what the hell happened between you and Kane?

Drea

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