Finding love in a game of cat and mouse

Skyla

"Do you think Fin will ever forgive me? Like really? Truly? Like do you think we could ever fix our relationship after this? I betrayed him horribly. How could he?"

Logan looked at me and sighed. He ran his hand over his face gently.

"You're his little sister. He loves you Skyla. Sure he's upset. If the tables were turned you would be too. However him being upset doesn't mean he hates you. Nothing is ruined honey. He feels betrayed because Rowan was in your life for so long. He trusted him with you. The entire time he had ulterior motives. Now look. Your heart broken, sad, in a hospital bed with multiple breaks and blaming yourself. Tell me what happened when Rowan told you how he felt? When he first tried anything with you?"

I looked at Logan and then I looked over at Finley. He was still sleeping. All of them was. I let out a soft breath and looked back at Logan.

"I told him no. That I wasn't going to hurt my brother like that. That we couldn't do that to Fin. The truth though? I didn't want to but I was scared how he would react. So I gave some bullshit excuse he would believe."

Logan nodded his head and looked at me. "And what did Rowan do or say?"

"Uhm he said he didn't care. That Finley would get over it if he wanted us to be happy. To stop running away from him. To stop fighting him and just enjoy it."

Logan looked at me and raised his eyebrows.

"That right there is why he's upset. Not at you but at Rowan. You tried to do the right thing and he kept pushing. Kept insisting. Kept guilt tripping you until eventually you just caved. You're underage Skyla. It doesn't matter how underage you are. You are regardless and he isn't. Which makes it wrong. Him insisting until you cave. That's called coercion . It's rape. Even if you don't think it is because your body enjoyed it. It's still a form of rape. You can deny it until your on your own deathbed. Regardless it's rape and it's multiple forms of rape."

I looked at him and furrowed my eyebrows slightly. Which told him I was confused. So he clarified.

"Statutory rape. Non forcible sex with a Minor. Coercion. Persuading someone to do something they've said no to already. Manipulation is rape. You being drunk is rape. You being underage is rape. You being unconscious or sleeping is rape. If at any time you didn't want it well that's rape. If you wanted to ever say no but didn't? It's rape. If he stopped you from saying no? It's rape. If he did something you didn't want to do it's rape. Most females don't even know they were raped. They don't think they was. Or they just ignore the fact they know it was deep down. Yet most of the time it is. All of that is rape Skyla. Even if you don't think so he raped you in multiple ways. Just because you came doesn't mean you wanted it. No means no. Crying means no. Fighting him means no. Finley isn't mad at you honey. He's pissed his best friend took advantage of his baby sister and he didn't fucking see it."

Wow. I didn't know there was so many forms of rape. Holy shit.

I looked at Logan and I had a tear run down my face.

"You thinking you couldn't tell anyone. Including your best friend. That tells me deep down you thought something was wrong. Even if you don't wanna admit it to yourself let alone anyone else."

I looked at Logan and before I knew it I started crying. Logan didn't waste a second. He grabbed me and started hugging me. Hugging me while I cried. I could feel eyes on me but I didn't know whose. I had know idea Finley listened to that entire conversation.

"It's okay I got you." Logan mumbled as he hugged me and looked at Finley who was watching us with silent tears.

"I-I didn't- I didn't know. I didn't mean for this to happen. It's my fault. It's all my fault. I should have told Fin. I ruined everything. I ruined it all."