life. Peter was gay, Kate. He liked you because …well you weren’t like other
girls. That’s why for a long while he wasn’t intimate with you. He’d told me…”
“What ?... What ?.... No.”
Kate got hysterical, she bit her lips and kept shaking
her head as if the truth would change. Tears welled up in her beautiful brown
eyes. “No. No. No. No.”
“My God, Kate. Calm down. You’re hyperventilating.”
I reached over to touch her but she flinched and backed
away. “Don’t touch me.” Her voice was course and acidic.
“Kate!”
“Stay away from me! You creep! You and those idiot jocks
made this shit up, didn’t you? How could you talk ill of the dead like that!
Peter loved me. Only me!” Tears gushed down her face like a heavy rainfall.
“Kate!”
“Don’t touch me,” she screamed, pulling herself away from
me. I didn’t know why I hadn’t realize before but she
had grabbed her jacket to make an exit. She fumbled with the sliding door,
breathing shallow and fast.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing, Kate?”
“Get. Away. From. Me!” she pulled herself from my grasp
almost stumbling backwards. She eventually fell on her ass but she got up fast
and headed away. To where? I had no idea! Maybe she
thought she could run from the truth.
“Kate! No!” Kate opened up the door to the SUV and ran
outside, gusts of blowing snow blew into the car. “Shit! Fuck! It’s cold! Kate!”
I hadn’t realized that I was still half-naked. I quickly
pulled on my hoodie and grabbed my jeans and pulled them on as fast as I could.
“Kate!” I cried out, fuming mad.
What the hell was she doing? She was going to kill herself
out there.
I quickly pulled my boots on and slammed the door shut of
the SUV and took off, running after Kate. The wind was strong and forceful,
practically pushing me back. “Kate!”
The visibility was crap! I could barely see a thing in front
of me. This was crazy. What was she thinking? Running off like that in this
freaking blizzard!
I hurried as fast as I could on foot, sloshing through the
thick white snow hills after her. God, she was fast on foot. Adrenaline could
do wonders to the body.
“Hey!” I shouted out when I spotted her stumbling. She
wasn’t far ahead of me now. But she was standing wobbling before she toppled
over into a snow bank. “Kate! No!”
I reached out to grab her but it was too late, she’d slid
down the slippery snow bank and into a hidden small lake. The ice was too thin
and cracked as soon as her body hit the surface. She’d fallen in. I reached out
and grabbed her hand but she’d slid out from my grasp. The cold air was frigid.
My fingers already felt numb. I knew frostbite in a weather condition like this
could happen in seconds but I didn’t care. I had to reach Kate. I had to save
her. Shit! Why had I told her the truth now? Was it all worth it? I could lose
Kate. Her skin was pale and white like the falling snow, her fingers felt like
icicles. I was feeling numb by the minute. Kate’s fingers slid from mine, she’d
gone into the water first. “Kate!” I shouted out but I could barely hear my own
voice. Was I dying? Was I already dead? I didn’t give a shit—as long as
Kate would be okay. But that wasn’t going to happen, was it? It was too late.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Kate
Samuels
Oh,
God! Where am I?
How
long have I been out of it? How long have I been here?
Ouch!
My head is killing me.
I was lying down on a narrow bed in a room with warm air. I
felt weak, paralysed. Was I heavily sedated? Was I dead? My eyelids felt too
heavy to open but I heard the sound of beeping from some machine and the
humming sound of what sounded like an air conditioner but only it wasn’t. It
was too warm. My neck was secured in some sort of brace.
The aroma of pine disinfectant wafted past my
nostrils—that distinctive hospital cleaning product smell. Was I in a
hospital bed?
I racked my brain trying to figure out what
girls. That’s why for a long while he wasn’t intimate with you. He’d told me…”
“What ?... What ?.... No.”
Kate got hysterical, she bit her lips and kept shaking
her head as if the truth would change. Tears welled up in her beautiful brown
eyes. “No. No. No. No.”
“My God, Kate. Calm down. You’re hyperventilating.”
I reached over to touch her but she flinched and backed
away. “Don’t touch me.” Her voice was course and acidic.
“Kate!”
“Stay away from me! You creep! You and those idiot jocks
made this shit up, didn’t you? How could you talk ill of the dead like that!
Peter loved me. Only me!” Tears gushed down her face like a heavy rainfall.
“Kate!”
“Don’t touch me,” she screamed, pulling herself away from
me. I didn’t know why I hadn’t realize before but she
had grabbed her jacket to make an exit. She fumbled with the sliding door,
breathing shallow and fast.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing, Kate?”
“Get. Away. From. Me!” she pulled herself from my grasp
almost stumbling backwards. She eventually fell on her ass but she got up fast
and headed away. To where? I had no idea! Maybe she
thought she could run from the truth.
“Kate! No!” Kate opened up the door to the SUV and ran
outside, gusts of blowing snow blew into the car. “Shit! Fuck! It’s cold! Kate!”
I hadn’t realized that I was still half-naked. I quickly
pulled on my hoodie and grabbed my jeans and pulled them on as fast as I could.
“Kate!” I cried out, fuming mad.
What the hell was she doing? She was going to kill herself
out there.
I quickly pulled my boots on and slammed the door shut of
the SUV and took off, running after Kate. The wind was strong and forceful,
practically pushing me back. “Kate!”
The visibility was crap! I could barely see a thing in front
of me. This was crazy. What was she thinking? Running off like that in this
freaking blizzard!
I hurried as fast as I could on foot, sloshing through the
thick white snow hills after her. God, she was fast on foot. Adrenaline could
do wonders to the body.
“Hey!” I shouted out when I spotted her stumbling. She
wasn’t far ahead of me now. But she was standing wobbling before she toppled
over into a snow bank. “Kate! No!”
I reached out to grab her but it was too late, she’d slid
down the slippery snow bank and into a hidden small lake. The ice was too thin
and cracked as soon as her body hit the surface. She’d fallen in. I reached out
and grabbed her hand but she’d slid out from my grasp. The cold air was frigid.
My fingers already felt numb. I knew frostbite in a weather condition like this
could happen in seconds but I didn’t care. I had to reach Kate. I had to save
her. Shit! Why had I told her the truth now? Was it all worth it? I could lose
Kate. Her skin was pale and white like the falling snow, her fingers felt like
icicles. I was feeling numb by the minute. Kate’s fingers slid from mine, she’d
gone into the water first. “Kate!” I shouted out but I could barely hear my own
voice. Was I dying? Was I already dead? I didn’t give a shit—as long as
Kate would be okay. But that wasn’t going to happen, was it? It was too late.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Kate
Samuels
Oh,
God! Where am I?
How
long have I been out of it? How long have I been here?
Ouch!
My head is killing me.
I was lying down on a narrow bed in a room with warm air. I
felt weak, paralysed. Was I heavily sedated? Was I dead? My eyelids felt too
heavy to open but I heard the sound of beeping from some machine and the
humming sound of what sounded like an air conditioner but only it wasn’t. It
was too warm. My neck was secured in some sort of brace.
The aroma of pine disinfectant wafted past my
nostrils—that distinctive hospital cleaning product smell. Was I in a
hospital bed?
I racked my brain trying to figure out what
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