Casey and Connor fought again, but this time, Connor lost it and he slapped Casey until her lips split and bled.
"Next time you said that word again I will punch you hard enough for you to know your place!" Connor flared. He didn't even felt sorry to see the girl that he had been in love with for five years now, sitting in the dirt and cried her eyes out, while holding her cheek.
After saying that, Connor went away, leaving the girl in her miserable state alone.
Casey was sitting on the ground, in the front yard of her house, staring at the man that she had loved with all her heart, but now she realized that his shadow alone disgusted her.
She wiped the blood from her lips and it stained the back of her hand. Her lips stung when she touched it, as she could taste the metallic tang from her blood.
Casey blinked her eyes in confusion and slowly, she licked her lips again. To her surprise, she liked it.
