Priceless Treasure(76)

“You and your father are scum. You’ll one day reap what you sow.”

The call disconnected and Jasmine stared at the phone for what must have been forever.

“Jasmine?” She looked up to find her dad in the doorway.

“I…What… He sounded so horrible,” she said, looking at her dad for answers.

“You shouldn’t have called. He made his decision when he left you waiting for him. I never trusted the boy. That’s why I had wanted to keep you apart, and I shouldn’t have relented, shouldn’t have hoped that he was different. Boys like him want one thing, and once they get it, they throw the girls away like they are nothing more than trash. You are better off without him, Jasmine. You’ll come to see that soon. We’ll just move forward now.”

Jasmine lay back down as her father shut the door. Maybe he was right. Maybe Derek had gotten all he’d wanted and he was now done. Sobbing until exhaustion pulled her under, Jasmine felt she’d lost her innocence that night. Her days of being a trusting teenage girl were gone forever.