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.

been crying for so many days, for so many hours that I didn’t know i had any

me that I still had more than I thought. I wasn’t

hole they had dug up for where he

us! Carson baby come out and stop playing! Carson please stop giving

Carson’s dad cried, hugging his wife

that wos now her son’s bed. She cried louder. I promise I’ll make that

even though they were not directed at me They were directed at Aiden but I felt it I

suddenly I couldn’t breathe. I looked up at Ingrid and said shakily with panic “I need to go ” I didn’t wait for her to respond, I

gasped out when I

“Sophie!” I heard Mila’s voice

get out of here. I didn’t deserve

If Aiden was a devil then I was

quickly plastering to my face and black dress as the rain

The heavens felt my sorrow. They felt my guilt. They felt my pain. The rain….. were

had not spoken to me that day. If only you had not called me pretty girl.

You would still be in your mother’s arms. Your parents would still

This was my fault. All of

because of me but another was behind bars

that Aiden was always malicious to

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

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

the surveillance camera where you

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

boys

my head. Aiden

legs feltjello and weak and I found myself falling on my bottom beside someone’s

good distance away from the funeral but I knew someone

hovers over my head to block the rain from seeping to

is going to be okay Soph. I’ll always be here for you no matter what.” Mila whispered, kissing my

creating a mess behind my dress and I knew that