Todos los capítulos de Best Friend’s Brother Shouldn’t Know How I Taste : Capítulo 31 - Capítulo 40

Kassidy's POVThe moment I woke up, first thing I noticed was that Eli was gone. It didn't matter that he'd said he would leave when I slept—his absence hurt for some inexplicable reason. My desk chair was empty and the door was shut, and for several minutes, I just lay there staring at the spot where he had been sitting and wondering if I had dreamed the whole thing.Eventually, I got up, brushed my teeth, pulled on my hoodie from last night, and opened my bedroom door to go downstairs. And Nova was standing right there, already fully dressed.I stopped short, heart jumping into my throat. She was two feet from my door, coming out of her and Eli's shared room, and the look on her face when she saw me was pure ice."Um, good morning," I said, not minding the things she had said to me at dinner yesterday. But Nova simply walked straight past me without a word.I frowned. "Nova, good morning."Nothing. She kept walking toward the staircase, her black hair swinging behind her, heels goin

Kassidy's POVThe bonfire was Luca's idea, obviously. Everything fun that had happened to me since I got to Minnesota was always somehow, Luca's idea.It was on the east lawn behind the athletics building, a proper one with a fire that was tall enough to throw orange light across half the field. Someone had set up speakers nearby and there was music. It was not too loud, but enough to fill the air. Students were everywhere, sitting on blankets, standing in groups, roasting things over the fire on long sticks. I pulled my woolen jacket closer and decided, for the second time in recent memory, that I was going to allow myself one good evening.Luca had gotten us both cups of something hot before we even found a spot to stand. I wrapped both hands around mine, stared at the fire and felt the tension in my shoulders start to loosen."See?" Luca nudged me. "It is fun.""Yeah, it is." I replied honestly.He grinned and looked out at the crowd, and I noticed that he had been in a good mood a

Kassidy's POVI clocked in at eleven fifty-five and went straight to find Marco, but Maria got to me first.She was in the back office, going through receipts, and she looked up when I pushed through the door. Maria was the owner, short and round who usually wore her reading glasses on a chain."Oh, good. Kassidy." She set down her pen. "Are you doing okay?""Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just checking in for my morning shift."She peered at me as if like she could see through whatever I was trying to hide. "Are you and Luca still seeing each other?"I blinked. "What? No! We're not seeing each other.""I see that Deering boy dropped you off today." She propped a hand under her chin. "Are you trying to play both boys?" I sincerely didn't know what to make of her nosy behaviour. "Maria, Eli is my neighbour. And Luca is a friend. That's all.""Mm, are you sure?" She shook her head. "Marco said that Luca has been picking you up from work.""He gives me rides sometimes. We're just friends, Maria."

Kassidy's POVThe days after that night blurred together. I couldn't think straight about anything without Richard Deering showing up in my head. His hand on my back, and that voice in the dark. And at night, the nightmares came without fail, sometimes the same one, and other times worse variations. My brain kept finding new ways to scare me.I stopped sleeping properly. I would lie in bed for hours, staring at the ceiling, too afraid to close my eyes. When I finally did sleep, I woke up gasping and shaking, and I never knew if Eli was going to be there again, or if I was alone in the dark with nothing but my own fear.On Friday, Celeste tried to talk to me in the kitchen."Hey, Kassidy, are you okay?" she asked, setting down a cup of hot tea that I hadn't asked for. "Drink this. You look like you haven't slept in days."I ignored her and kept eating my cereal."Kassidy!" She called again, but I didn't look up.She sighed and left me alone, which was what I wanted. I didn't have the

Kassidy's POVI woke up gasping again, from another nightmare. The nightmare was already fading, but the feeling remained, that sick sense of panic laying low in my stomach. Sweating and panting, I lay spread eagled on my bed, staring at the ceiling and waiting for my heart to stop trying to kill me.I knew I would have stayed there for several minutes, if not for my phone's vibration from the night stand. I heaved myself up and reached for the phone to see a text from Piper.PIPER: hey, Kas. I'm really worried about you, please call me. Please.Then another one, sent maybe ten minutes later.PIPER: Look, I know you're avoiding me but I'm worried about you. Just let me know you're alive and well, okay?And then a third one, more recent.PIPER: Hey Did you know Eli got suspended from the team? Dad is losing his mind over it. Do you know why?It was that last message that forced me to sit up. Suspended from the team? Why? That didn't make any sense. Eli lived for hockey; he was the capt