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LUCAS’ POV.
“Isn’t it pathetic?” I asked him, as tears formed in his eyes. “Why can’t you be half as strong as your mum? You know she of all people will be heartbroken if you die.”
“Hard to believe.” He said, turning away from me.
“And your dad? Derella? Me? What would you expect us to do when you leave just like that?”
“She told me to get lost.”
“Get lost in the afterlife? Did she say that? You know she would live with regret thinking she caused your death. Do you want that? And the public? Then, they’d say, ‘Oh! He died because he was humiliated; his family could not save him; he was ashamed of himself; he couldn’t bear to see his dirty secrets spilled.’ Do you want to give them that satisfaction?” I asked.
“Maybe you don’t know how it feels.”
“I know, okay? It hasn’t happene
