I'm not surprised that my seat is next to Asher's. I should have know that Nathan would pull something like that.
I'm dying to ignore Asher but I'm stuck with him for the next three hours so it's quite hard to do that.
"Hi," he starts casually, turning to me once the plane takes flight.
Sigh.
"Hi."
"How are you feeling?"
"Like shit."
"I'm really sorry about your cousin but you should stop beating yourself for it. It's not your fault."
I let my eyes stay on his face for a second before I look away. He doesn't know that Savannah is not my cousin.
"I know."
"Then cheer up."
"Will cheering up bring her back to life?"
"No, but being gloomy won't, either. You're punishing yourself for someone else's crime."
"I wish whoever killed her spared her the rape. It's like he killed her
