Jacob
I took a deep breath as the hot shower steamed around me. The water was almost scalding, but that was just the way I wanted it… needed it.
Maybe if it burned enough, it would sear away the filth clinging to my skin, the guilt rotting me from the inside out.
It didn’t do s**t to clear my muddled thoughts, though.
I leaned against the cold tiles, knees bent, letting the hot spray pelt my back like punishment.
My skin turned red and raw, but the heat couldn’t touch the ice in my chest. Nothing could.
I felt like the world’s biggest asshole.
A cheater… A liar.
And the worst part? I had no clue who the f**k to trust anymore… my damn self included.
If I hadn’t come back here, if I had just accepted that I haven’t moved on from the past.
If I hadn’t made Nathan believed,
