Nights Burn With Regret — by Nathan Perez 139
Chapter 139
Chapter 139
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Violet
Nora stood there, trembling. Her eyes darted from face to face, desperate, silently begging someone to step in and prove she wasn’t crazy. But no one did. Everyone avoided her gaze. When the realization finally sank in, that no one was on her side. she swallowed hard, feeling the last fragile thread of hope slip quietly from her grasp.
Her eyes finally met mine.
I tilted my head slightly, a smirk tugging at the corner of my lips. I didn’t need to speak. My expression alone was enough, and she knew exactly what it meant.
I was mocking her.
The moment Nora registered it, her already pale face flushed a furious shade of red. Her nostrils flared, her jaw tightened, and her hands curled into fists at her sides.
I could almost hear something snap inside her as she glared at me and screamed, “You crazy bitch! This is all your fault!” Before anyone could react, she lunged toward me, her hand raised as if she meant to slap me across the face.
Penelope stepped forward immediately. “Hey, are you crazy-”
Kai looked ready to jump in, his jaw tightening as he moved. But none of them needed to act. Before Nora’s hand even came close to me, I simply shifted to the side and extended one leg slightly into her path.
“Ah!” Her eyes flew wide as a scream tore out of her. Her entire body pitched forward in the most graceless way imaginable. and she slammed face first onto the cafeteria floor. The crack of the impact echoed so loudly that several people gasped and stumbled back.
She jerked upright, hands flying to her face as a broken wail escaped her. “My face… my face! My beautiful face!”
Penelope ignored her completely. She rushed to my side and grabbed my hand. “Violet, are you okay?”
I nodded. “Yeah, I’m fine.”
Penelope let out a breath of relief, then shot Nora a look of pure disgust. Nora sat on the floor clutching her face, still crying like a wounded child.
“Ugh… my face,” Nora sobbed.
Penelope rolled her shoulders, cracking her knuckles as her eyes darkened. “Your face? Babe, I’m about to make it a whole lot worse for touching her.”
She was seconds away from launching herself at Nora when I reached out and touched her arm.
“It’s fine,” I said flatly. “Don’t dirty your hands. She already got what she deserves. What goes around comes around.”
Penelope paused, still glaring at Nora, then exhaled sharply and nodded. “Fine. But the next time she even thinks about touching you…” She pointed at Nora with a sharp warning. “I’ll make you regret it. Your ugly face will be the least of your concerns.”
I gave Penelope a small grateful smile before looking down at Nora again. She was crying harder now, her hands shaking as she clutched her cheek.
I didn’t feel anything as I looked down at her. My face was blank. I didn’t even feel sorry for the state she was in.
Normally, I hated seeing people in pain. If my mother were alive to witness this, she would’ve been disappointed. She’d
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spent years trying to teach me to be gentle, and kind because life would reward good people. But life hadn’t rewarded me. Kindness hadn’t protected me. Being quiet, obedient, and patient had only pushed me to the edge of a cliff.
So no, kindness wasn’t something I could afford right now.
I crouched down slowly, resting my elbows on my knees. The entire cafeteria went silent, watching me. Nora went still too. her breath hitching. When I extended my hand toward her, she actually flinched hard, like she thought I was going to slap her across the face.
Instead, I reached out and gently brushed a loose strand of hair from her cheek, tucking it behind her ear.
“Relax, Nora, don’t worry, I won’t hurt you,” I said, leaning in close until my lips brushed the shell of her ear. I felt her whole body jolt. “After all, this is only the beginning.”
Slowly, I leaned back, giving her space, watching her take in shaking breaths like she couldn’t get enough air. I let a smile spread across my face, calm and composed, but my eyes were anything but kind.
“The next time you try something with me, Nora,” I murmured, my voice low and calm, “I’ll return it tenfold. And I won’t hesitate. So before you make your next move, remember this, there is always someone willing to do far worse to you than you ever imagined.”
Nora stared at me like she didn’t recognize the person in front of her, like she couldn’t understand how I was the same girl she used to look down on, the one she used to dismiss. Her lips parted, but no sound came out. Her frightened eyes followed every slight movement I made.
I finally pushed myself to my feet, dusted off my pants, and turned to face Kai and Penelope.
“Let’s get something elsewhere, I’ve lost my appetite.”
Kai nodded. Penelope gave me a proud little smile, the kind that told me she was already plotting five different ways to back
me up.
“Let’s go,” she said, linking her arm with mine.
We were about to walk away when I stopped. I turned my head, looked back at Nora, and my expression darkened into something cold.
“Oh, and one more thing,” I said. “Keep my brother’s name out of your mouth. The next time you even mention him, I might do something neither of us will like.”
I didn’t wait for Nora’s reply. I just turned away and walked out of the cafeteria, my head held high.
For so long, I thought I’d been the background character in someone else’s story. Just a girl people could ignore, step on, mock, hurt without consequence. But it turned out, that wasn’t the case.
And if I was no longer the background character, then I was going to be the villain.
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