“I don’t-” I start.
He cuts me off again. “What, are you protecting him now?”
“No,” I say quickly.
“Then tell me his name.”
“I don’t know it,” I yell before I can stop myself.
The room goes still.
Logan stares at me like he’s seeing me for the first time.
“…Wow,” he says.
I stand too, reaching for him on instinct. “Logan-”
Before my fingers can even brush his arm, he rips away from me. The rejection hurts but nearly as much as I hurt him.
“I was drunk,” I choke out. “I was angry and I just… I wanted to hurt you.” Tears blur my vision. “I’m sorry.”
He lets out a bitter laugh. “Well. You sure as hell succeeded.”
I bite my lip, trying to hold the sobs in.
“I can’t even look at you right now,” he says, turning toward the door.
“Wait,” I say, scrambling after him. “Where are you going? Logan, we have to talk about this.”
He stops with his hand on the doorknob.
“Isn’t this exactly how you reacted?” he asks coldly. “When I kissed another woman? You walked out.” Then he laughs again, darker this time. “Let me see if I can find a bar that’s open.”
“Logan-”
The front door slams shut before I can finish.
I stand there in the middle of the living room, frozen, listening to the sound of his engine roaring to life before his car pulls away.
And I’m left alone with the mess I just made.
Chapter Six
Jess
At some point in the night, I drag myself to our bedroom.
I don’t even remember deciding to move. One minute I’m sitting on the couch staring at the front door, the next I’m curled up on our bed, still in my clothes, still crying.
The tears haven’t really stopped since Logan stormed out.
He hasn’t answered a single call. His phone goes straight to voicemail, and at some point his location turned off. I’ve checked so many times that the screen on my phone feels burned into my eyes.
He’s not at Darren’s. I already called with a story, I know he didn’t buy.
And I know Logan well enough to know he wouldn’t go to either of his parents’ houses. Not with something like this.
“Fuck,” I whisper, slipping off the bed and walking to the bedroom window.
