Fire with Fire

I’M OUTSIDE KAT’S CAR, LISTENING TO THEM fight. Fight over who’s going to have to tell me what I already know. That Reeve and Lillia are together now. A couple.

Maybe they’re even in love.

But Kat and Lillia have no idea that I’ve got secrets too. Big, big secrets. Sure, there’s still a lot I need to figure out. What I can do, what I can’t. Why Lillia and Kat could see me when nobody else could. That will come in time, I’m sure. Like Aunt Bette said, I didn’t know what I’m capable of.

I will soon.

I do know this for sure. What happened last night, Rennie dying, was an accident. But next time it won’t be.

I’ve wasted so much time. Trying to make Reeve feel remorse for what he did, trying to guilt him into an apology. But now I understand that there was no point to any of it. He can never give back what he’s taken from me. My family, my friends, my heart, my life. All gone. If he got on his knees and begged me for forgiveness now, it wouldn’t be enough. Not even close.

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a burn for a burn. A life for a life.

That’s how all this got started. And that’s how it’s going to end.