Page 56 of Slashes in the Snow
“Enough.” Ky inhales a deep breath. He’s quiet for way too long. “Kira, I’m going to ask you once.” Something strange sparks in his eyes. “Have you been playing me this whole time?”
The question nearly breaks me.“No.”
“Were you ever going to tell me about this?” He waves the folder in the air.
“Of course I was. I just needed to find the right time. I needed to trust you.” I fumble over my words, panic threatening to choke me.
Ky’s gaze turns as dark as a thunderstorm. “You needed to trust me?” he repeats coldly, chillingly so. “And when exactly was that going to happen? ’Cause from what you’ve been spewing out of your mouth, you trust me already.”
“That’s not how I meant it,” I backpedal.
“Then how the fuck did you mean it?” He turns on me.
“Ky, please don’t get like that.”
“Get like what? Pissed off? Feel played?”
“I didn’t play you, I swear,” I insist. “Why would I? What would be in it for me?”
“Entertainment.” He tosses out a ludicrous response. “Something to buy your time until you went to Paris.”
I shake my head insanely. I can’t even believe what he’s accusing me of. And so easily. It’s like he’s a stranger.
“Bored, rich girl plays with the dumb biker? Stupid, simple Neanderthal.”
“Stop.” My eyes water uncontrollably. “That’s not true.”
That person I thought I loved is gone. Just poof, like a puff of smoke. The man who was mistrusting, mean, and jaded taking his place, reemerging with a vengeance.
“I don’t know what the fuck is true anymore,” Ky gripes.
“We are.” I try to grab his arm, but he jerks it away.
“Are we?” His eyes are hollow, void of any admiration.
“Yes, of course. I never lied to you. I never deceived you.” Images of last night play through my mind. We broke so many barriers. Overcame so many obstacles. And now everything, our entire relationship, is on the line because one of his jerk-face friends is here accusing me of shit. Shit he knows nothing about.
“It doesn't feel that way.” Ky peers down at the folder in his hand. I start to suffocate. He doesn’t believe me. Maybe, he doesn't really want to believe me.
“I can’t be with someone who deceives me, Kira. It makes me look weak and makes me vulnerable. And I can’t afford to be either of those.”
I’m grasping at straws, trying to rapidly figure out a way to convince him I’m not lying, or deceiving him. That I love him.
“Ky,” my voice breaks.
“I gotta go.” He steps back, and I’m left in shock. What is happening? How is it all falling apart so fast?
Ky walks to the front door with Hawk right behind him. “So that’s it?” I yell with fury. “You’re just going to walk away, just like that?”
“It’s what needs to be done.” Ky doesn’t turn around. Chicken- shit. He can’t even bring himself to look at me.
Angry tears drip down my cheeks. “Gerard knew what was going to happen the whole time, didn’t he? He knew exactly what you were capable of. You’re a traitor.”
“You fucking leave my father out of this,” Ky turns and explodes.
“You were right about one thing.” I wipe my wet face.
“And what’s that?” He sneers.
