Present
I push Cole away from me as that night flashes back in my head.
“I can’t do this.”
“I love you. I’ve always loved you.”
“You r***d me and left the next morning without a word. You left me alone with Colin to do whatever he wanted.”
“I couldn’t face you after I woke up and remembered what happened. Collin drugged me.” I knew then that Colin drugged him. Cole would have never done that on his own, but he still r***d me.
“You left without a word and didn’t contact me for nine years, but now you love me?”
“I was going to come back for you.”
“But you didn’t.”
“I know, and I’m sorry. By the time I realized he drugged me, you had already gone off to college. You cut all communication with them. I thought you were happy. I didn’t want you to see me and have it
