The Girl He Craves

Chapter 24

Sophie’s pov

I stared at the casket. The casket that confined Carson’s corpse inside.

My throat burned and every word the priest let out seemed to go on deaf ears.

The only sounds I can focus on was the sound of the pattering rain that fell on the umbrella Ingrid held over my head so I’d not get wet

I think I deserve to get wet. I deserve to feel the cold of the rain. Maybe then I’d start to feel again.

Since Carson’s death a week and a few days ago, I had become numb. I could not feel anymore except for the eating guilt

Ingrid wrapped one of her arms around my midsection and held me close as Carson’s parents wept loudly Their cries were louder than the pattering rain and that did not surprise me.

Mila looks over at me and looks at me in sorrow. She stood beside me and grabbed a hold of my hand. She squeezes it in reassurance

She knew everything. I told her everything. And she knew how f**g messed up I was now after what happened

She was the only one who knew why the two boys were fighting that day.

“Wait. No don’t put my baby in the dirt. Wait no! He’s not dead! He can’t be. I saw him last night. He’s not dead. Don’t put him down yet!” Carson’s mother screamed and started to thrash in her husband’s hold.

My stomach churns and I feel disgusted to even be in their presence knowing I was the main reason they lost their son.

I didn’t deserve to be here. I didn’t deserve to recieve everyone’s sympathy while Aiden got nothing but pitchforks thrown at him. They blamed him. They called him the devil.

Everyone turned their backs on him.

But me, everyone was way too sweet, way too nice to me. I didn’t like it. I hated it. I didn’t deserve their words, I didn’t deserve their sympathy. I was the main reason Carson was dead.

If I hadn’t

“No my baby boy! Don’t leave us! Please you can’t leave us! You were supposed to grow old Carson, give us grandchildren. How can you just leave us so soon?!” His mother screamed, tugging forward but her husband who was still visibly crying held her back.

began to water again. I have been crying for so many days, for so many hours that I didn’t know i

But feeling them trail down my cheeks showed me that I still had more than I thought.

casket was now being placed down in the hole they had dug up for where he

put him down’ He’s okay! He’s here with us! Carson baby come out and stop

dad cried, hugging his

looks down at the casket that wos now her son’s bed. She cried louder. I promise I’ll

were not directed

need to go ” I didn’t wait for her to respond, I just turned

when I shouldered someone by

Mila’s voice call

I needed to get out of here. I didn’t deserve to be

was a devil then

to my face and black dress as the rain

guilt. They felt

If only you had not called me pretty girl. You would’ve still

You would still be in your mother’s arms.

This was my fault. All of

me but another was behind bars and would be going for a hearing tomorrow. One that would seal

was always malicious to Carson. And on the surveillance

yelling about but apparently from the angle of the camera, it showed Aiden had either punched or pushed Carson down the

hold him until his hearing. What made it even worst was that Rena recalled Aiden threatening to kill Carson in the diner when they

showed the footage from the surveillance camera where you could hear loud and clear what Aiden had said to Carson that day. Which did

of way, but with all the evidence and others coming forward to speak on how much of an a***le he was 10

really just ruined two boys

Aiden wasn’t the devil.

weak and I found myself falling

away from the funeral

umbrella hovers over my head to block the rain from seeping to my bones. Mila sat

is going to be okay Soph. I’ll always be here for you no

I stared at the trees off into the distance. I knew the mud was creating a mess behind my dress