Officially a Victim

-Corrine-

I smiled at his words and accepted the gift. “Thank you.” My voice was gravelly with emotion. I looked at him and thanked him again.

“I don’t want to go back,” I said later as we both looked towards the dormitory.

“Neither do I,” he agreed. “I would have taken you back to my house if your brother hadn’t been around.”

“Yeah,” I muttered. I nodded slowly as I stared at the jewelry box on my lap.

We kissed once more before I finally pulled away and got out of the car.

When I sneaked into my room, Eva was already asleep on her bed. I changed my clothes and went to the bathroom to clean myself up.

As I lay on the bed, I clutched the jewelry box Andrew had given me as I smiled at it.

That night, I felt like the happiest girl in the world.

*

“Get off.”

“Corrine, listen to me.”

Daniel grabbed my arm, stopping me from getting away from him.

I was surprised to see him this afternoon in the hallway in front of my class. I didn’t want to know how he found me or how he knew what my class