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it,
Scarlet.”
    “ Sean, please let me come.
I won’t speak. I promise. Just let me be with you.”
    “ Then why do you want to
come at all?”
    “ Just to be with you.
Please.”
    I stared at her. “The only reason why
I’m agreeing to this is because you said you would keep your mouth
shut.”
    She nodded.
    I opened the door and marched down the
hallway. When I reached the end of the stairs, I took a different
route through the house and slipped out a different door. Scarlet
trailed behind me the entire time. When we were outside, I walked
toward the beach in the darkness. Scarlet stayed a few feet behind
me. I heard the ocean before I saw it. The crash of the waves
echoed in my ears. I found a place in the sand and sat down. I
stared out to sea and watched the whitecaps beat the shore. They
were the only visible images of the ocean. Birds cried overhead but
I couldn’t see them. Scarlet sat next to me, a few inches farther
away than she normally would. I didn’t look at her. I just stared
at the ocean and tried to clear my thoughts.
    Minutes passed in silence. I waited
for Scarlet to say something, but she kept her word and never did.
I decided to take advantage of the situation and tell her exactly
what I felt without having to deal with her response. Well, if she
kept her word to remain silent, that is.
    “ You really pissed me off,
Scarlet.”
    She hugged her knees to her chest but
didn’t speak. She didn’t look at me.
    “ I asked you to do one
thing but you couldn’t honor that request. And I was right, wasn’t
I?”
    She sat still.
    “ I don’t want you near my
brother without my presence. He’s a sick bastard that you need to
stay away from. Did you really need to experience an incident to
believe me? I admit that I get jealous and possessive with you, but
that’s a little outlandish, even for me. One of your best friends
is a guy and I’ve never questioned it.”
    She ran her fingers through her hair
then rested them on her knees.
    I shook my head. “I’m just livid with
you, Scar. And don’t misunderstand me. I’m pissed at my brother
too, but I expected this behavior from him. And I expected you to
listen to me.”
    She kept her mouth shut like I asked.
I was surprised she was holding her tongue. I felt like I was
grilling her and she was forced to take it passively.
    “ I apologize on behalf of
my family. My brother is an ass and my mom is a bitch. Believe me,
this isn’t how I wanted to spend the weekend. I wanted this to be
about our engagement, not about my breakup with Penelope. I
apologize, Scar. I should have told them beforehand.” I grabbed a
rock from the sand and rubbed it between my fingers. “I’m just so
irritated with them. I had to get away. Then your betrayal just
pushed me over the edge. I swear to god, if I wasn’t related to my
brother I would’ve killed him. Seeing him grab you just makes me
insane.”
    She glanced at me then looked
away.
    I could tell that she wanted to say
something. Against my better judgment, I looked at her. “You can
speak if you want.”
    She looked at me. “Are you
sure?”
    I nodded.
    She took a deep breath. “Sean, you’re
right. I should have listened to you.” She moved closer to me and
inserted her arm through mine. She leaned her head on my shoulder
and her hair rubbed against my neck. She smelled like vanilla. “And
I’m sorry I slapped you.”
    “ I forgive you, Scar. I
was being a jackass anyway.”
    She smiled. “I’m glad you realize
that.”
    I laughed. “I’m not mad at you,
Scar.”
    She raised an eyebrow. “Are you sure?
Because you just said you were.”
    I sighed. “I know what I said. I
wished you had listened to me to begin with, but I’m not mad at
you. You did nothing wrong.”
    “ You don’t even know what
happened, Sean. You didn’t give me a chance to explain
anything.”
    “ Because I don’t need to
hear it. I already know what happened. Mike came onto you and said
you shouldn’t be with me.