“Where the fuck are we heading? Where the fuck are you taking me? I—” “Oh, sister, please don’t cry… you’re making me seasick.” Her cold hands clutch my shoulders as she leans down, pouting at me like I’m the one being unreasonable. My instincts scream to hoist her and fling her overboard… if only I could. She presses the crutches back into my hands, then walks to the other side of the railing with her back to me. “Don’t sulk, sister. If I were you, I’d use this opportunity to admire the view. Look at God’s creation.” She raises her hands toward the endless blue, and the sting of tears bites at my eyes. With her back turned, I drag myself toward her without thinking, raising the base of the crutch— “Heyy… you can’t walk properly like that.” I freeze. Jake grabs me from behind, one hand yanking down the raised crutch I’d intended to smash into Celeste. She turns, still smiling, completely unaware of what I was about to do. “Let me take her back inside,” he says. “No
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