“Cami, did you hear about what happened?” Marissa asked her at lunch the next day. She hadn’t noticed the strange looks that she was getting from everyone and Marissa didn’t want her to.
Cami bit into a fresh apple and said, “No. What happened?”
Marissa sighed and then pointed with her finger to the front of the cafeteria to a smiling River who was kissing someone else. Cami’s heart dropped into her stomach. It was already bad enough that she’d lost him but now he had to rub it in her face—and at school even!
He wore a black and white tuxedo as if he was dressed for some type of formal event. As he made his way towards Cami’s table, no one in the cafeteria made a sound or even moved because they were all too busy watching him.
“Hi, Cami,” he said coldly with his hands in his pockets.
She set her apple on a napkin on the table. “Hi,” she said, reaching for her bottled spring water.
“I just came here to tell you that I don’t want to see you ever again.”
“Why would you say that?” She gazed into his eyes and didn’t recognize the man who was staring back at her. His eyes were cold, uninviting, and filled with hatred.
“Because of me,” she heard a familiar voice say. She turned to look at the woman who was standing somewhat behind River; and once she took a step forward, she realized that it was Leena Davidson.
Her eyes widened in terror. This cannot be happening, she thought to herself. Why out of all the girls in the world would he pick Leena? Why couldn’t he pick someone else? She just couldn’t believe that any of this was happening right in front of her very own eyes.
“Leena and I are getting married in Vegas, and both of us want you out of our lives forever,” he said.
Leena smirked as she locked lips with him right in front of Cami who looked as if she was about to faint. “Honey, let’s go. Our future awaits us,” Leena said with a smile to her handsome husband-to-be. They both turned around and began to walk away.
“River, wait I have to tell you something!” Cami shouted but he never turned around. “Wait! It’s important!” she yelled, running after them. She almost made it to the doors leading out of the cafeteria until Leena’s friends caught both of her arms.
Marissa and Kaci eventually got Leena’s friends away from Cami but it was too late. River and Leena were already gone.
Cami nearly jumped out of bed. Her heart was pounding in her chest, and she was sweating. That was the most horrible dream that she’d ever had but it made her realize something. It may have just been a dream, but she believed that it was a sign that she had to come clean to River. She had to tell him the truth.
Chapter 16