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28 - August Dinner
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2026-05-06 14:54:37
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Best Friend’s Brother Shouldn’t Know How I Taste 107 - Unfamiliar
Kassidy's POVI stepped out of the double doors of the lecture hall and let out a massive breath that I felt like I had been holding for the entire week. The stress of the final exam was finally over!Bree and Simone came running across the brick courtyard."Oh my God, Kas!" Bree squealed, throwing her arms around my neck in an enthusiastic hug. "We are officially done with freshman year!"Simone was bouncing on the heels of her sneakers, a massive grin lighting up her face. "I can't believe we actually survived it. We need to do something big tonight.""Something big?" I laughed."Yes! Okay, liste
Best Friend’s Brother Shouldn’t Know How I Taste 106 - Regret
Eli's POVThe freezing winter snow had finally melted away, replaced by the damp mud and pale green grass of early spring, but the change in season didn't bring any light back into my life. It was now April, and my recovery progress was painfully slow.Every single time I tried to use my new mechanical foot to walk, a sharp ache traveled straight up my thigh, reminding me that my real leg was gone forever. I wasn't an athlete anymore. Now, I was just a slow, clumsy shell of the person I used to be.The thought haunted me during the long, sleepless nights. I had promised Kassidy that I would protect her. But now, I could barely carry a cup of water from the kitchen counter to the table without stumbling. I was useless, I hated the way my body felt, I hated the creak cre
Best Friend’s Brother Shouldn’t Know How I Taste 105 - Days After
Eli's POVThe days following my accident were extreme difficult. The hospital room became my entire world, a small, white box that protected me from the outside world.The sun would rise and set outside the narrow window, but inside, nothing changed except the level of bitterness rotting away in my gut. Every morning, the physical therapy staff would wheel a metal walker into my room, offering fake, cheerful smiles as they asked me to practice shifting my weight or sitting up on the edge of the mattress. I turned my head to the wall and ignored them until they gave up and left.When Marcus or Jay brought the guys from the hockey team by, I didn't look at them. They would stand around the foot of my bed, shifting their weight from one foot to the other, talking in loud, forced voices about the upcoming weekend games or the latest campus gossip. They looked at the flat left side of my blanket with wide, terrified eyes, treating me like a ghost before I was even dead. I didn't say a sing
Best Friend’s Brother Shouldn’t Know How I Taste 104 - Freezing Air
Kassidy's POVOne hour later, the tires of the rideshare car crunched loudly against the gravel driveway of Oakwood Cemetery, located in Mankato, just one town over from where Minnesota State University was located. I paid the driver and stepped out, pulling my black shawl tightly around my shoulders. The grass was dead and covered in patches of dirty, melting snow. I looked toward the open plot on the hillside, expecting a massive crowd. But only what appeared to be Luca's immediate family (which was just a cluster of sobbing people) a priest, some reporters, and maybe three or four other random people stood near the edge of the grave. Luca had been popular, the kind of guy who always had people around him at parties, but now that the truth about his actions had exposed him, it seemed that everyone on the campus had abandoned him.I walked slowly up the incline, keeping my distance as I stood behind a large marble headstone. The wind whistled through the bare trees, carrying the so
Best Friend’s Brother Shouldn’t Know How I Taste 103 - The Test
Kassidy's POVI had cried myself to sleep on the chair in Eli's hospital room. The uncomfortable vinyl seat offered no real support, forcing me into an awkward, cramped position against the corner of the wall. The morning sun was just beginning to peek through the blinds, some of it spilling against my face. I lifted my head, my neck cracking painfully as I extended my arms to shake off the stiffness in my joints. The moment my vision cleared, I realised where I really was.I looked at the bed.Eli was still under the white sheet, his face still bruised and swollen from the impact of the shattered windshield. My gaze drifted downward, inevitably stopping at the left side of the mattress where the blanket flatlined below the knee. Then a wave of grief pressed down on me.It was so unfair! He had spent his entire life running from his father's shadow, trying to build a future for himself on the i
Best Friend’s Brother Shouldn’t Know How I Taste 102 - The Darkness
Eli's POVThe darkness didn't leave all at once. It pulled away slowly, like thick mud draining out of my head. I opened my eyes to an empty room, the blank white ceiling tiles coming into focus above me. A harsh, electronic beep split the quiet every few seconds, sounding distant. I tried to lift my head, but a blinding headache ripped from the base of my skull straight to my forehead, forcing me to drop back onto the stiff mattress with a loud gasp of agony.My whole body was in deep, throbbing pain. Every muscle felt like it had been pounded with a sledgehammer, and a sharp ache radiated from my left side down to my hip. I tried to blink away the grogginess, my vision blurry and swimming as I looked at the pale gray walls and the metal rails bordering the bed. I tried to talk, to ask where I was or what time it was, but my throat felt like it had been glued shut. I swallowed, but there was no moisture in my mouth, only the ferrous taste o
Best Friend’s Brother Shouldn’t Know How I Taste 82 - Bad News
Eli's POVI predicted that my behaviour during the party some days ago would backfire. So, when I was called into the Coach's office after practice the next day, I went without question. I didn't even bother changing out of my practice gear, my heavy skates clacking loudly against the concrete step
Best Friend’s Brother Shouldn’t Know How I Taste 81 - Over Me
Kassidy's POVThe familiar sight of our shared house didn't feel the same when I finally walked back through the front door. The doctors had run their final tests, flushed the remaining toxins out of my blood, and signed the discharge papers, but stepping back into regular life felt strange. I was
Best Friend’s Brother Shouldn’t Know How I Taste 02 - Party Downstairs
Kassidy's POVEli Deering could go straight to hell.That was what I told myself, anyway, as I pulled my black dress over my hips and stepped back to look at myself in the mirror. I needed to believe it.The alternative was sitting alone in that room, stewing in the particular kind of smallness tha
Best Friend’s Brother Shouldn’t Know How I Taste 01 - Bastard next door
Kassidy's POV"Are you inside yet?"I looked up at the house from where I was standing on the front door, and took a deep breath. My duffel bag slumped against my leg, and my fingers were so cold I could barely feel them."Not yet," I told Piper as I clenched my fist against the phone pressed to my
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