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Best Friends 18

Best Friends 18

When Ryan flew back to Boston, it was pouring rain

Boston rain was different from London harsh and cold, battering against the windows of his family’s Beacon Hill townhouse like bullets

When Ryan pushed open the door to the guest room where they’d been keeping Nina, he was hit with the stench of alcohol mixed with broken glass and spilled perfume

The expensive crystal chandelier had been smashed to pieces, designer rugs soaked with red wine, and the oil paintings on the walls were slashed beyond repair

Nina had done all this after they’d locked her up

She was curled up in the corner, hair matted to her face, looking like a feral animal. When she saw Ryan walk in, her eyes lit up with hope before quickly turning venomous

Ryan! You finally came backdid Sienna dump you again? Is that why you’re here?Her voice turned shrill and nasty. She’s such a fucking bitch!” 

Shut 

up.Ryan’s voice was colder than the rain outside

He bent down and picked up her phone from the wreckage. The screen showed her Twitter account, still logged in to where she’d been posting lies about Sienna and Daniel with stolen photos and vicious captions that had gone viral

You did this.It wasn’t a question. His grip on the phone was so tight the screen started cracking

Nina shrank back at the look in his eyes, but she wasn’t backing down. So what if I did? She stole everything from me! Why shouldn’t I make her suffer?!” 

That was it. Ryan completely snapped

He grabbed a handful of Nina’s greasy hair and started dragging her toward the basement

She screamed and clawed at his arms, leaving bloody scratches, but he didn’t even flinch as he hauled her down into the cold, dark room below

SPLASH

A bucket of ice water crashed down on Nina’s head, instantly turning her into a shivering

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hypothermic mess. Her teeth chattered so violently she couldn’t form words

Freezing water soaked through her clothes and hair, making her bones ache with cold

Awake now?Ryan crouched in front of her, his eyes like poisoned knives

He studied her with disgust. Those hands of yours seem to only know how to destroy things.” 

He grabbed her wrist with crushing force. First you hacked Sienna’s applications and ruined her future. Now you’re spreading lies to destroy her reputationHow fucking dare you?” 

Feeling the genuine threat in his grip, Nina finally got scared

She couldn’t look him in the eyes anymore, tears mixing with ice water as her voice shook uncontrollably. Ryan, I was wrongI’m so sorryplease forgive me, I’ll never do it again” 

Forgive you?Ryan laughed, but there was zero warmth in it

Did anyone forgive Sienna when you destroyed her life?” 

He stood up and gave a cold order to the security guys waiting by the door: Break her hands.” 

NO! DON’T!” 

Seeing that he was serious, Nina screamed in terror, trying to crawl backward

RYAN! Please! I really know I was wrong! Don’t hurt me!” 

The guards moved forward emotionlessly one pinning her shoulders, the other picking up a metal pipe from the corner

CRACK 

Two sickening sounds of bones snapping echoed through the basement, followed by Nina’s bloodcurdling screams

Her wrists twisted at unnatural angles, blood instantly pooling on the cold concrete floor

Ryan stood there watching Nina writhe and scream on the floor, his face completely empty of emotion

These were the hands that had typed in the commands to destroy Sienna’s college applications. These were the fingers that had posted those vicious lies online. And because of this psychotic bitch, he’d pushed away the only person who’d ever really mattered to him

red to him

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The rage burned hotter

Not enough,his voice was rough. Keep going.” 

The guards exchanged glances but followed orders, raising their weapons again

The sickening thuds of metal on flesh mixed with Nina’s weakening cries, echoing through the concrete basement until her voice was barely a whisper and she was curled up like a broken doll, blood pooling around her mouth

Ryan turned and walked away without looking back

Behind him, Nina’s pathetic whimpers grew fainter as the beating continued

He drove straight to Harvard and slammed a folder of evidence onto the Dean’s desk screenshots of Nina’s hacking confession, bank records of her paying people to spread rumors, every single lie she’d posted about Sienna

I want Nina Park expelled immediately and her crimes made public,he said with terrifying calm. If the university doesn’t handle this, these documents will be on every news outlet by tonight.” 

The Dean looked at the evidence, then at the cold fury in Ryan’s eyes, and nodded

Walking out of the administration building, rain was still pouring down. Ryan looked up at the gray sky, but felt no satisfaction from his revenge just this endless, hollow ache

He’d destroyed Nina, but it wouldn’t bring Sienna back

Like this cold Boston rain, no amount of punishment could wash away his regret or heal the heart he’d shattered with his own stupidity

2015 

Best Friends

Best Friends

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