That single answer snuffed out the last glimmer of light in Ashton's eyes.
He stumbled backward, his face turning ashen, as if every ounce of strength had been drained from his body.
"So… there was never even a moment when you felt something for me?"
I answered honestly, "There was respect, once. But the moment I heard you and your friends mocking me, calling me a stalker and a leech, I realized we walked in completely different worlds."
I did not look at him again, nor did I pay any more attention to my parents screaming behind me.
I simply called security and had everyone causing trouble escorted off the premises.
As I expected, my parents would not let go of their "cash cow" so easily.
At first, it was endless phone calls and streams of abusive text messages.
When that did not w
