“He isnʼt like us Low. You know that right.”
I knew what Cage was saying. Marcus was out of my league. He didnʼt want me thinking there could ever be anything between me and his roommate. I was low class. Marcus was a rich kid.
“Iʼm not stupid Cage.”
“No youʼre fucking brilliant. And a guy like Marcus would never get just how fucking perfect and brilliant you are. Heʼd never see past the other stuff.”
I wanted to be mad at him but I knew he was right. If Marcus ever saw what I came from, what I was, heʼd never give me the time of day.
“I know,” I whispered into the dark.
“I love you Low”
“I love you too”
“Then take this,” he said as he slipped a key into my hand and closed my fist over it. “Iʼll be able to relax knowing you have a key.
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