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her skin and tear away the first layer.
    “I don’t think so.” She looked away and stared at the sterile white tile. Her voice was barely a
    whisper, and when she lifted her head and looked at Reese again, she was struck by the raw emotion
    reflected on his face. He gave a sharp nod, and Kiera was so very thankful he didn’t press her.
    “Thank you. If you hadn’t come when you did…” Kiera’s voice hitched at the vile image her words
    invoked.
    “Yeah, let’s not go there, or I’m liable to hunt him down and break his fucking neck.” The rage
    in Reese’s voice had her eyes widening. He must have seen her reaction because he schooled his
    features. “I’m sorry.” He ran his hand over the back of his neck and exhaled loudly.
    “How did you know where I was?” Not that it mattered, because in the end he had saved her
    life. She was curious, though, and she wanted to talk about something to get the images from her mind.
    Shifting slightly, he cleared his throat and said, “I came outside for a smoke and saw Josh
    heading toward the garden. I didn’t think anything of it, but then I saw movement and he fall to the ground through the break in the trees.”
    His words caused fresh tears to fall. “You know him?” Kiera grabbed some toilet paper and
    wiped her tears away.
    “Hey, how about we stop talking about this? I can take you home, or back to where your friends
    are?” She shook her head because right now she didn’t want to see anyone. Being enclosed in the
    bathroom made her feel safe, in a strange sort of way. “Do you need to go to the hospital, get checked out?”
    She shook her head again. “No, no, I’m fine, really. Just shook up and a little confused is all.”
    Sniffing, she smiled at him and hoped the forced gesture had him believing her. From the look on his face it was clear he didn’t buy it, but he gave her this round.
    “Your earlier question, about if I knew Josh … yeah, I know him from my freshman year. He’s
    a real asshole, and doesn’t take kindly to girls saying no. I know Haden didn’t invite him, so not sure who did. But hell, knowing Josh he probably just showed up.” Reese took his hat off and set it on his knee. He ran his hand over his short dark hair, causing the strands to stick up in every direction.
    “He’s lucky the guys came when they did and pulled me off. I would have made sure he couldn’t have
    walked out of here.” His dark words calmed her, for some fucked up reason.
    “Well, thank you again.” She looked away and wished she should have gone with her instincts
    and stayed home.
    “You’re Alex’s little sister, Kiera, right?” His question had her lifting her head and looking at
    him. She knew Alex had been popular in school, but hadn’t known people still talked about him three
    years after he graduated. She supposed him being on the Varsity football team had a lot to do with his reputation.
    “Yeah.” He nodded and looked at the bathroom door then back at her. “I didn’t even know you
    knew my name.” Why would you say that? Kiera could have slapped a hand over her mouth if she wasn’t humiliated by her question. He didn’t answer right away, and the awkwardness in the room
    grew. Kiera stood and was about to leave when someone called out from the other side of the door.
    “Reese?”
    Kiera closed her eyes and breathed out when she heard Andrea’s voice growing closer to the
    bathroom door.
    “Has anyone seen Reese?”
    “Think I saw him go into the bathroom with some chick.” A guy answered Andrea’s random
    question.
    Her clicking heels came closer and closer, and right before she was sure to push the door open
    Reese said, “Don’t open the fucking door, Andrea.” His words were clipped and demanded
    obedience.
    “What? What the hell, Reese?” Andrea sounded surprised at first, but then morphed to
    irritation.
    “Go the fuck away,” he said.
    Kiera could practically hear the smoke billowing out of the other