The last few seconds of Daves's encounter with Cassidy replayed in his mind like a broken record, his heart shattering into a million pieces over and over again as images of the look of disgust Cassidy had on her face clouded his mind.
“It’s over now. He has lost her for good.” The words repeated in his head nonstop.
At this time, Mira stood in front of him, blabbing without any care about how badly she needed to go home, more importantly, at his house. Her arm entwined with his, as she tugged and pulled at him relentlessly, trying to draw his attention but Dave neither heard any of the words she said, nor did he see her in that moment. Cassidy, the look of disgust on her face, and Nova’s arms wrapped around her were all he saw.
By the time he was starting to come to and Mira’s words we
