Oh shit.
She frantically scrolled through, terrified that something had happened to her dad and Nancy. Her blood ran cold when she saw that they were all from Camden, along with four voicemails and five text messages. She read the texts first.
Are you fucking kidding me?
You're with him now? After everything he did to you?
Please call me.
Why are you ignoring me?
I'm coming over.
Fuck. The last one was sent five minutes ago. She wasn't sure exactly where, but she knew he lived around here. Her and Shane must have ran by his house when he was carrying her.
"Shane!" She yelled. "You ready?" She needed to get them out of there before Camden showed up. She grabbed her purse and ran down the stairs, freezing when she heard voices.
"I told you to keep your hands off of her."
"She's not your fucking property, Cam. She doesn't even like you."
"Well I'm not gonna let you ruin her. She's too good for you. Why would she want you after you humiliated her?"
Kaine had heard enough. "HE humiliated me?" She asked, storming into the kitchen. "What about you spying on me naked and stalking me? How is that any better?"
Shane and Camden looked up in surprise. "He saw you naked?" Shane asked. He turned to Camden. "I'm gonna fuck you up."
"Just stop it!" Kaine cried. "Both of you. I'm sick of this shit. Camden, I told you to leave me alone. Stop blowing up my phone and stop watching me. I'm a big girl and if I want to date Shane, I will. It's none of your business."
Camden looked between Kaine and Shane. "You're dating him? Are you serious?"
"Yes," Kaine said softly, lacing her fingers with Shane's. "I'm sorry, Camden. I'm in love with Shane."
Shane squeezed her hand as Camden shook his head in disbelief. "Wow. Just...wow. Come find me when he fucks you over so I can say I told you so." He stormed out, slamming the door behind him. Kaine took a shaky breath and let it out, looking up at Shane. "I was going to warn you. He called a bunch of times..."
Shane pulled her closer and pressed his mouth against hers. "Say it again," he whispered. She smiled. "I'm in love with you."
He grabbed her ass and lifted her up, wrapping her legs around him. "Can you wait like ten minutes for breakfast?"
She giggled and nodded as he carried her upstairs and dropped her on the bed. They tore their clothes off in a frenzy as Shane hastily rolled on the condom and slid inside her. "I love how wet you are," he murmured. "Get on your knees."
Kaine flipped over without hesitation as he took her from behind. He squeezed her ass as he pounded into her, loving the squeals she made. "Stop," she gasped suddenly. He pulled out, confused. "What's wrong?"
Kaine turned around and pulled his condom off. "I wanna suck your cock," she said, taking him in her mouth. Shane sat back as she eagerly went down on him, stroking and sucking the way he had shown her. "I'm gonna come," he muttered. "You gonna swallow it, baby?"
"Mm hmm," she moaned. The vibrations sent him over the edge and he came in her mouth as she sucked him dry and swallowed. He loved that his sweet girl was so dirty in bed.
"Still want to go out to eat?" He asked. She shook her head. "Tomorrow we're taking Logan to the zoo and Monday we go back to school and our parents come home. I just want to spend the rest of the day in bed with you while we have the house to ourselves."
Shane was fine with that idea. They spent the rest of the day in bed, making love and holding each other.
18
Kaine and Shane picked up Logan the next day for the zoo. He was so excited he couldn't stop moving. "I wanna see the monkeys!" He cried. "And the lions. Do you think they have panda bears?"
"I don't know," Kaine replied. "But I bet they have giraffes."
Logan bounced around until they got to the zoo. Keeping up with him was almost impossible, but it was worth it to see him that happy and excited. "So this is like our first real date," Kaine said to Shane, grinning. Shane shook his head. "Hell no. This isn't a date. This is babysitting. I'm taking you out tonight. As much as I want you all to myself, we're going to dinner."
Kaine was happy to agree. As much as she had enjoyed the last few days with Shane, she needed a day off from their sex romps. After they took an exhausted but happy Logan back to Jane's, they showered together. "It's almost going to be weird showering without you when dad and Nancy come home," Kaine laughed. "I'm getting too spoiled with you washing me."
"I love washing you," he said, rubbing his soapy hands down her ass.
“Hey, can I ask you something?" She suddenly asked.
“Sure."
“Remember when you first told me you loved me, and you said that you were going through other problems when you teased me?"
She felt him tense up. “Yeah?"
“What did you mean by other problems?"
He sighed. He had hoped she would forget that he said that. “I had a lot of anger problems because I was on steroids."
“Oh," she said quietly.
He wrapped his arms around her. “I used to get so mad. At everything. I feel like a piece of shit for taking my anger out on you, Kainie. I just wanted you so bad, and knew I couldn’t have you. I wasn’t myself."
She nodded. “I’m glad you told me. I kind of understand why you were the way you were a little better. So…are you still? On steroids?" She asked, holding her breath nervously.
“No!" He said, shaking his head. “I stopped after…after I hurt you. That’s when I realized that I needed help. I couldn’t control myself anymore. So I went to rehab. That’s how I spent the first half of summer. My mom was devastated when I told her I was using. I let everybody down that I loved."
“I had no idea," Kaine said softly. “Are you…um…ok now?"
He chuckled. “I’m fine, Kainie. The first few weeks of withdrawal were hell, but I’m good now. I feel like I’m in control of myself now, you know?"
Kaine nodded, lost in thought. “So you were on steroids when you…"
“Yes," He interrupted her. “I was. Had just shot up, actually. I’m still working on forgiving myself for that. I would get so mad when I looked at you, because I knew I couldn’t have you. I had already fucked up too bad."
“I forgive you," she said softly, wrapping her arms around him and letting the water fall over her face.
He returned her hug. “That means more to me than anything, babe."
They finished showering and dried off. “Pick me out something to wear," Kaine said, kissing him. “I have to dry my hair."
Kaine blow dried her hair straight and moisturized her skin while she thought about Shane. She understood a little better why he had been so hateful to her. She knew the side effects of steroids included irritability and hostility. She wondered if he had been serious when he said that Camden was on steroids too. Probably. He seemed to get angry a lot.
Kaine dropped her towel and walked out of the bathroom naked, intending to sneak up and surprise Shane. She peeked around the corner of the room and saw him staring at something in her closet. Curious, she crept behind him and saw what he was doing. He was adjusting a camera.
She gasped, jumping back. “What the hell is that?"
Shane turned around, surprised. “I found this in your closet."
Kaine’s eyes filled with tears. “No," she whimpered, grabbing her blanket to cover herself with. “Oh, god, no."
Shane reached for her. “It’s ok. I’ll…"
“Fuck you!" Kaine screamed. “How could you do this to me?"
Shane’s eyes widened. “Kaine, I didn’t put this here. I swear to God I just found it."
Kaine’s body shook with sobs. This was the final straw. Shane had been recording them having sex. “Did you have fun fucking me for the camera?" She screamed. “Did you show all your friends? Oh, God," she said, collapsing on the ground. Shane took a tentative step towards her.
“Get away from me!" She yelled. “Get the fuck out of here! And t
ake your stupid fucking camera too. I hate you!"
The words were like a knife to Shane’s heart. “Kaine, I swear…"
Kaine jumped up and grabbed a bottle off of her dresser. “Get out!" She screamed, throwing it at his head. He ducked and left her room before she could throw anything else.
Kaine stayed in her room for the rest of the day, crying. She couldn’t believe that Shane had done this to her. He had pretended to give a shit about her just so he could humiliate her one more time. The thought of everybody at school seeing her and Shane together brought on a fresh wave of tears. She wanted so badly to believe that Shane hadn’t put the camera there, but realistically he was the only person who had been in her room. Besides Camden, but since then she had cleaned out her closet and knew there wasn’t a camera there. There was no other way about it. Shane had tricked her. And she had fallen for it.
19
Monday morning Kaine took her time getting ready, putting on makeup and another of Kelsey’s summer dresses since it was still warm outside. Last night she had called Lucy and told her to pick her up for school this morning. Managing to avoid Shane, Kaine crept outside and waited for Lucy. As Lucy pulled in her driveway, Kaine explained to her what had happened. Lucy was in disbelief, trying to come up with any other reason for the camera that didn’t involve Shane.
“Maybe someone from the wedding did it," Lucy said. “Your house was unlocked so people could use the bathroom."
Kaine knew that wasn’t true. “Nobody at the wedding would have done that. Besides, I had locked my door from the outside just so nobody would wander in. It couldn’t have been then."
Lucy still wasn’t convinced. “But why would Shane deny it if he was going to record you together and show everyone?"
“Probably because I caught him off guard. He didn’t know what to say so he just kept saying he didn’t do it. I can’t believe this, Lucy," she said, her eyes filling with tears again. “How fucking stupid was I to think that Shane Ellery loved me. And that I loved him back. After everything he did to me…it was all just another prank."
Lucy sighed. “So fuck him. Maybe he won’t show anybody. Maybe he just took the videos so he could jerk off to them or something."
Kaine shook her head. “I hope so. The thought of everyone at school seeing me naked…with him…while he’s laughing and treated like a hero…" she shook her head. “I can’t do it Lucy. Turn around. I need to go home."
Lucy ignored her. “Hell no, Kaine. If he shows anybody, we’ll deal with it. He won’t look like a hero, he’ll look like an asshole. And maybe he changed his mind. Maybe that’s why he was taking the camera out of your closet."
“Yeah, or maybe he took it out to upload the videos on his computer."
Lucy sighed. “Fuck that. We’re going in. Kels and I have your back." Lucy jumped out of the car and Kaine sighed, reluctantly following. Lucy linked her arm through Kaine’s and strolled confidently into school.
“Everyone’s staring at me," Kaine whispered in a panic.
“That’s because nobody recognizes you. You look a lot different from last year, remember?" Kaine nodded nervously. “You’ll be fine, Kaine. Just keep your head up. I’ll see you in 3rd period, ok?"
Lucy left for class while Kaine reluctantly made her way to first period. She slumped down in her desk, trying to be invisible. It was the same thing she used to do last year, but for a different reason. Greg came in the classroom and spotted her, smiling and sitting down next to her. “Hey, Kaine. What’s wrong?"
She shrugged. “Nothing, really. Hey, can I ask you something?"
“Sure," he replied, pulling out his notebook.
“You didn’t, uh, hear any rumors or anything about me, did you?"
He looked up at her. “I did, actually."
Her blood ran cold. “What did you hear?"
“That you were dating Shane. That’s not true though, is it?"
She sighed in relief and shook her head. “No. It’s not true."
The rest of her morning classes went by uneventfully, for which she was grateful. She had 3rd period English with Lucy, who assured her that she hadn’t heard anything either. “People are talking about you, but just saying that you’re hot. Also, I saw Shane. He looks like shit. He tried to talk to me but I walked away." Kaine hugged her gratefully. “Thanks, Lucy."
Lucy, Kaine, Kelsey and Greg sat together at lunch, and Kaine was starting to feel more optimistic about her day. She felt a shadow looming behind her and turned around cautiously, expecting Shane. To her surprise, Camden stood behind her. “Hey, Kaine," he said softly. “Can I talk to you for a minute?"
Kaine glanced around and saw Shane staring daggers at her and Camden. She ignored him and stood up. “Sure, Cam." She followed him to an empty table and sat down. “What’s up?"
He sighed, wringing his hands together. “I just…I wanted to say I’m sorry. If being with Shane makes you happy, then I want you to be happy. I’m sorry for being such a jerk. I just liked you a lot. And I would think about what he did to you and I couldn’t understand why you wanted him and not me. But I understand that you can’t help who you love," he said, giving her a wistful smile. Kaine immediately felt awful. Camden had warned her about Shane and she had ignored him.
“I’m sorry too, Camden. For what it’s worth, you were right about Shane. We’re not together anymore." She fought back the tears that threatened to spill down her cheeks. “I’m sorry. I can’t…" she sobbed. Camden grabbed her and pulled her in for a hug. “Shh, it’s ok sweetie. Don’t cry. Do you want to get out of here?" She wiped her eyes and shook her head. “I probably shouldn’t cut on the first day of school. But, um…what are you doing after school? I really don’t feel like going home today."
“Come home with me," he offered. “We can just hang out. We don’t even have to talk if you don’t want to." Kaine smiled. “That sounds good actually."
They made plans to meet after school and Kaine went back to her table. “What was that about?" Lucy asked.
“He was just apologizing. Long story," Kaine said. “But I won’t need a ride home today."
Lucy raised her eyebrows but kept her mouth shut.
Kaine met Camden outside of the school at 1:30 and walked to his car. “Do you have a lot of homework?" He asked. She shook her head. “Thank God they’re pretty good about it on the first day. I don’t feel like doing anything constructive today."
Camden drove her to his house, which was surprisingly close to hers. She tried to remember if Shane and her had gone down this street on their run. She didn’t think she had, but she couldn’t be sure since Shane had led the way. Shaking away her thoughts, she followed him inside. “This is nice," she said, looking around. “Do you have any brothers or sisters?"
“Just me and my parents," he said. “They’re at work."
“Oh," she said nervously. She hoped Camden didn’t have ulterior motives for bringing her here.
“This is my room," he said, leading her to a large, spacious room with a huge TV and couch.
“Your bedroom has a couch?" She laughed. He grinned. “Weird, I know. But when I have the guys over it’s weird to sit on my bed."
Kaine chuckled and sat on the couch. Camden plopped next to her. “You hungry?" He asked. She wasn’t, but she hadn’t eaten all day so she nodded. “I’ll go make us some food," he said, jumping up and heading to the kitchen. Kaine looked around his room, curious. There was a huge bay window that overlooked the perfectly landscaped yard. She got up and sat in the window, enjoying the view.
“Nice, huh?"
She looked up at Camden and smiled. “I love it. You’re so lucky."
He shrugged. “Any time you want to come over and use it, feel free. I just have to check my email. Coach is supposed to let us know our schedule for this year."
Kaine nodded and nibbled on a carrot stick as Camden scrolled through his email, printing out the wrestling schedule. As he closed the browser, she noticed something on his de
sktop. A small folder titled “The Kaine Files."
Kaine’s heart skipped a beat. That couldn’t be what she thought it was.
“You ok?" He asked. She nodded. “I’m just not feeling well all of a sudden. I think I need some water." He nodded and left to get her water.
Kaine immediately opened the file and gasped. Pictures and videos of her sleeping, getting dressed and having sex with Shane filled the screen. She willed herself not to throw up.
“What are you doing?"
Kaine spun around. Camden stared at her, furious.
20
Shane caught up to Lucy as she was walking to her car. “Where’s Kaine?"
Lucy rolled her eyes. “None of your business. She doesn’t want to see you anyway, after what you did."
“Lucy, I swear I didn’t put that camera there. I would never do anything to hurt Kaine."
“Yeah, like you didn’t hurt her on the last day of school. Leave her alone, Shane."
He grabbed her hand. “Look, I know it was Camden who put that camera there. I don’t know how he did it, but I know he did. He’s obsessed with her, Lucy. He’d do anything to have her. Is she with him?"
Lucy shrugged. “All I know is that she talked to him at lunch and told me that she didn’t need a ride home anymore. So, probably. But if you’re lying, Shane, and you’re going to humiliate her, I’ll kick your ass."
Shane nodded, running off. “Got it," he called over his shoulder. He pulled out his phone and googled Camden’s address.
Kaine stared at Camden, horrified.
“I said, what the fuck are you doing?" He snapped, pushing past her and turning off his monitor. “Don’t go through my shit."
Kaine backed away, shaking. “You…it was you?" She asked, still not believing what she had seen.
Camden ignored her, staring at the ceiling. The angry look in his eyes was terrifying. She wanted to run past him but was scared. She wanted Shane.
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