Page 32 of P.S. I'm Still Yours

His words echo in the back of my head, taunting me until I snap and make a decision I can never go back from.

I open the YouTube app on my phone and click the Upload button.

Then I select the video I took of Kane singing “Iris.”

If he can’t share his talent with the world…

Then I’ll do it for him.

HADLEY

By the time next Friday rolls around, I’m wondering if Kane and I even live on the same planet.

Less than week ago, I was doing everything in my power to avoid him, and now?

He’s the one treating me like I have cholera.

My birthday’s tomorrow, and he hasn’t deigned say a word to me since our fight in the bathroom. He doesn’t even know that I ended up canceling my date with Sebastian because I didn’t feel like going.

I know that I overstepped, but I figured he’d be over it by now. Of course, there’s always the possibility that he’s mad about something else…

Something that’s been watched over two hundred thousand times on YouTube.

I wish I could say that I was surprised. That the video of Kane going semi-viral in a week came as a shock to me, but truth be told, I didn’t expect anything less.

That’s how talented Kane is.

I woke up the day after our fight with a heart full of remorse and a clear plan of action. I remember grabbing my phone, intending to take the video down before Kane found it.

But then… I saw the view count.

Seven thousand people had already watched it.

In one night.

And the comments were worshipping the ground Kane walks on.

A voice in my head kept telling me that I was wrong for breaking my promise. That I was betraying Kane’s trust in the worst way, but as my guilt grew, so did the views.

Seeing so many people agree with me made me feel a little less awful. It made me think that maybe Kane would be able to forgive me if he saw how many strangers were in awe of his voice.

Maybe he’d finally stop feeling like an imposter.

So, I left the video up.

He didn’t have to find out. At least not right away. Before I knew it, the video had fifty thousand views.

Then a hundred thousand views.

And then… two hundred thousand.

All in one week.

I step off the bus and go straight home. I can’t keep lying to him anymore. I know he’s going to hate me either way, but I would prefer if he didn’t find out from somebody else.

I have to tell him about the video.

Tonight.