Bash (4 page)
Authors: Briana Gaitan
“You have to
understand. We were young and in love. We had been together since we were
fourteen. Everyone loved Bash. He was the town’s pride and joy. He was going on
to great things. He was a great ball player. For the longest time, yes, I
blamed myself. His parent’s blamed me; the whole town blamed me because in
their eyes- Sabastian Crown could do no wrong. I’ve been struggling with that
night for a long time. Do I call myself a murderer? Yes, I should have seen how
much stress and pain he was in. Did I pull the trigger? No, he did that
himself. I know there are people out there that believe I pulled that trigger,
but I was trying to stop him. I just couldn’t get to him to see how much I
loved him. How much everyone loved him.”
Chase still
refused to look at me so I took a step forward and grabbed him by the side of
the face to gently catch his gaze.
“You don’t have
to feel sorry for me,” I said.
I wiped the
tears from my eyes with my shirt and bravely gave him a smile.
“Yes, I tried to
kill myself by running my car off of a bridge. I was in a dark spot, but after
months of rehabilitation I am in a better place now. I am trying to put the
past behind me.”
“Quinn…” he said
with a hoarse voice. He looked up at me with a pained expression.
“I’m not scared
anymore. I’m ready to go all in.”
I waited for his
answer, but he didn’t say anything. That was a bad sign.
“Quinn…” he
repeated. He turned around to face the wall and I heard him take a deep breath.
Deleted Scene #3
Author’s note:
Okay, so this isn’t a scene exactly, but it is my original ending paragraph. I
decided not to pull out of the timeline like this, it felt too cliché. What do
you think?
Ending
Looking back, I
know that there was one last thing I needed to do before I died. It was why I
had lived, why I didn’t die that night. There was a bigger plan in store for
my life. I just had to push past all the darkness to find it. And once I was
there, once my purpose had been laid out in front of me, there was no going
back.
I may be just a
speck on the planet and no one may remember me when I die, but I had a calling
to love someone unconditionally no matter what the cost. Chase was sent to
save me from myself.
About The Author
Briana Gaitan
grew up in the South, but calls herself a geek at heart. She is a
blogger,author,and fangirl who loves Star Wars, Star Trek, and Jewelry (bet you
never thought you'd hear those three things in a sentence together) For fun,
she loves watching any show on the SyFy channel, relaxing with her family,
reading, and listening to indie music (sometimes all at the same time). Briana
loves to write stories where there are no limits to the imagination. She is the
co-author of the best-selling Ethereal Underground series and author of the
highly anticipated upcoming Hollywood Timelines Series. Find out more about her
book at
www.bookswithbree.com
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Other books by Briana Gaitan
Ethereal Underground Series
Ethereal Underground by Briana
Gaitan and Brooke Kennedy
Mark Of Deceit By Briana Gaitan
and Brooke Kennedy
Haven and The Hunter by Briana
Gaitan and Brooke Kennedy
Coming September 2014
Falling (an
Ethereal Underground Companion Novel)
The Last Thing (Hollywood
Timelines #1)
Coming January 2014
The One Thing
(Hollywood Timelines #2)
