@dcyswclking sent: “ the unfortunate truth is, i think i’d forgive any flaw in a person if they loved me enough. ” to anyone from evan
“That’s –“ bullshit, she almost said out of reflex, but she hesitated, and after a moment of silence, she continued, her voice lower, almost like a whisper, as if she wasn’t sure that she wanted him to hear it, “relatable.”
No one else was close who could hear them, and she doubted that anyone cared. They never cared what she did. They never took notice of her, it only made her pay more attention. She didn’t know why the blond pogue was sitting with her, instead of joining the others at the bonfire. She wasn’t sure why he was talking to her. And they had been talking for an hour or so. They weren’t complete strangers, she remembered that he used to be nice to her, he and her brother, when she was younger. Before she left the island, before she was homeschooled in Barbados or shipped off to an expensive boarding school in New England. Far far away from anyone.
Now Louisa was back on the island. And still far away from everyone.