Page 16 of Her Sloth

I will be bailed out anyway within the next three hours, the moment I call my manager. He will lose his shit, but at least I felt something.

Something.

Something real.

Something alive.

Something like pain.

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CASS

PLAYLIST: RUNAWAY – AURORA

Iwatch it through the rear mirror as she spins the Eleanor around, blocking the entire street. Allowing me to get away, while she throws herself into the lion’s den.

“Why would you do that?” I ask her out loud. Of course, she can’t hear me, but I don’t understand. And now, I am in her debt. Twice.

She beat me.

Me.

The elitist bitch beat me, the unbeatable.

In the car that belonged to Elise.

I want to crush her, beat her till she can’t say a word anymore because she is here and Elise isn’t.

Audrey Whitney-Morgan. Fled to live her Hollywood dreams where she is adored and admired. I despise the world of stars and self-proclaimed very important persons.

It’s a world of faking, lying, and pretending. In other words, everything I am not. And now, I am in debt to one of them.

I hit the steering wheel as I turn around the corner and get away.

All the anger.

I have the desire to destroy everything and burn down the world behind me.

My phone rings, but I don’t answer. My brother. I have no desire to speak to him right now. Nor anyone.

Just when it stopped, Nikki calls.

I ignore her, too.

But she doesn’t stop.

I groan as I answer.

“What the fuck is wrong?” I ask when I press the green button to make her shut up.

“Did you get out?” she asks.

“Apparently,” I say in a very annoyed tone while rolling my eyes.

I quickly glance into the mirrors, but no one’s behind me.

“You know,” Nikki says, “You should really check your attitude. You have been obnoxious recently.”