A/N: Based on a scene from In the Woods, Cassie's POV.
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"Oh, Cassie," says Rob. He's standing a few paces away as if he's afraid to come any closer. He holds out his arms to me and for a moment I instinctively turn towards him, ready to run into his arms and let my partner protect me. Then I remember the last few weeks, Rob's cold face and harsh words. I freeze.
As strange as it sounds, I hadn't actually realised that I was in love with him until that conversation with Rosalind. I meant what I said when I pleaded with him that I just wanted things to go back to normal with us. He didn't believe me then and I thought that meant he didn't know me at all. But talking to Rosalind, that strange mixture of lies and half-truths, the way my heart had broken all over again when I described how he had rejected me, it hit me that Rob had been right all along. From the look on his face, he knows it too.
Before I can decide whether to forget my pride and go to Rob anyway, Sam is pushing past Rob and pulling me into his arms, soothing me as Rosalind is bundled into the unmarked van. I can feel blood on my face from where she scratched me and worse, her spit on me. I hold on to Sam tightly and when I look for Rob he's already got into the van.