A FEW HOURS EARLIERMay woke up earlier because she wasn't able to sleep well. This is not her first time sleeping in her friend's place but she feels distant from her friend. She did not wake Kayla up. She went to the bathroom and saw the bleach on her hair is already wearing off. She decided to wash it off and get another one later. She then took her bath, while unable to get her head off Jared. She could not stop herself from thinking about him. 'Great. Now I can't stop thinking about him.' She mocked herself. She made herself some breakfast and left for her friend too. She did not want to wake Kayla up, she carefully left the house. She left Kayla a note so she wouldn't be worried when she woke up. She then took a cab going home. She wanted to pick more of her things and avoid her parents since it's early in the morning. The taxi soon stopped at in front of her house. She carefully walked inside the house, expecting to run into one of her family. Especially Debra. Not that she
The atmosphere became tensed as everyone stared at him, surprised at his sudden outburst. They all looked scared of him like he turned into a monster. Debra also looked scared, she moved back and tried to run away. Then he heard a familiar voice calling him. “Sir… Sir we are here.“ Matt called him. His eyes fluttered open, he realized he has been stuck in his dream since he left the house. He did not understand why he had to fall asleep on the way. The only thing he knows is that this happened because he is very tired. He was unable to sleep all through the night just thinking about May, since he could not even go to her. “Wait… are we going to the sky lounge? I mean the highest place in the building?“ Jared asked sitting up. Matt nodded, “I haven't informed you but it seems you already know it sir. That's where we are going.“ His eyes widened, why would what he saw in his dream be the same? It felt so real that he wanted to kill everyone for doing that to him. Now he gets to fin
The date ended well with them just bickering. Jared did not want to talk much, but Debra has a way of bringing out that side. The fact that he could only see May while he looked at Debra made it worse for him. He wanted the date to end as soon as possible. He had no choice than to drop her home too. The ride there was way too silent. Debra tried striking a conversation and Jared would just ignore it. Debra did not give up with all the signs Jared gave her to stop. "I'll see you in our next date. I think we still have a lot to talk about that we haven't done yet." Debra told him, as the car stopped in front of the house. "I won't say I am looking forward to it. You know I don't like lies." He replied bluntly. She shrugged, "No offense taken. Would you like to come inside and say hi to my parents?" "I wouldn't want that to happen. Considering the fact that I took their daughter away without their permission the other night. Plus, I have someone very important waiting for me. I must
Sirens wailed outside the hospital as Jared is rushed into the hospital. Somehow some reporters managed to get the news and are already there. May and Matt followed Jared into the hospital as he is injured on his arm. Jared didn't move, he just closed his eyes which gets May very worried. They are not allowed to go inside the theatre with the doctors. The previous event replayed in May's mind. She recalls how she rushed to Jared and screamed his name. His blood stained her hand and clothes even though they are black. "It's all my fault. This wouldn't have happened to him if he didn't meet me. What am I going to do? I don't want him to die." May cried, trembling in fear. This is the first time in her life that she is so scared of losing someone. She is so used to acting so tough and expecting the worse in any situation. She doesn't even think she would cry like this if it was someone other than her best friend. Matt has never seen May in this situation before. He remains calm even t
"You were awake the whole time?" May asked, pulling away from the hug. She stared into his eyes to be sure he is okay and not pretending. He nodded, giving her a smile though in pain. "I am fine. If I knew you'd be worried about me like this, I shouldn't have opened my eyes. You look so cute worrying about me. Who would have thought you'd be like this?" He teased her. She frowned, "It seems you are fine enough to annoy me. I should just leave and let your parents come look after you."She stood up to leave, he stopped her by grabbing her hand. "Don't leave. What if something bad happens to me after you leave?" He pleaded, giving her puppy eyes. It's the first time she is seeing this cute side of him. She wants to smile, but she controlled herself and kept a straight face. "Are you trying to threaten me with that? You should know I don't actually care if you got knocked down by a moving car." She lied, hitting his shoulder. "Ah!" He winced in pain, his eyes shut tightly. That
“That girl is seriously getting on my nerves!!“ Madam Diana yelled, pushing everything on the table away in anger. She left the hospital so angry that she couldn't even see her son thanks to May. The fact that May could threaten them so boldly and openly kind that angered her more. Since she has become the very powerful woman she is now, no one has dared looked down on her. Especially not someone who is not on the same level as her. "How dare she? She dared to talk about things like that in front of me?" Madam Diana fumed more. Her assistant also followed them to the hospital and waited at the reception. Her name is Leah and she is almost the same age with Matt. Unlike Matt who is calm whenever his boss gets angry, Leah is always uneasy. She could be the one to face the wrath if she makes a single mistake at that point. Sir Jason sat down and pressed the bell on the table before him. A maid ran out from nowhere like they've been stationed there. "Get me some whiskey." He told the
Madam Diana stood up to face her daughter. She is still in shock to how she got into the house without her knowledge and heard everything she was saying on the phone. "What are you doing here Stacey? You are supposed to be in Georgia with your boyfriend! What do you think you are doing back home?" She yelled. Stacey stopped in front of her with rage, "You mean the idiot you and dad picked out for me? I dumped him." She gasped, "What did you do? That's the governor's son! What on earth have you done this time?" "I broke a bottle on his head." Stacey replied bluntly. Madam Diana gasped, "You did what? And you dare to say it in front of me? You ungrateful little brat!" Madam Diana wanted to slap Stacey but the next thing Stacey said stopped her. "Why did you do that to my brother? Are you going to kill me too if I don't do what you want? Is that how obsessed you are now?" Stacey asked. Madam Diana is too stunned to speak. She just stared as her daughter spoke the dreadful truth a
A hand gently tapping her body woke May up. She slowly rubbed her eyes and saw that it's already morning. She looked at Jared and he is still sleeping. Which means he is not the one who woke her up. She turned to check who it was and saw that it's one of the nurses."Good morning ma'am." She greeted with a smile.She immediately got up that it shook Jared a bit. She did not want to injure his wound so she carefully got up."I am sorry for waking you up ma'am. I just need to check his wound and change the bandage. I hope you don't mind." The nurse informed her.May shook her head moving back, "No I don't. Please don't get the wrong idea, you can continue with whatever you wanted to do."The nurse nodded, "Yes ma'am."May scoffed, “She is older than me. Why does she keep calling me that?"The
They both accepted their fate and decided to spend their last moments laughing with each other before the fire gets to their side. They had no hope of escaping. The fire was circulating everywhere. “Do you remember the message you left for me on the first day we met?“ Jared asked May, trying to ease her pain. This made her burst into tears. “yeah. I called you stupid after stealing your car. I never really apologized for that. I am sorry.““Come on, you don't have to apologize now. If you didn't do that, how would we have met?“ He stopped her. She cried, “that's what I'm talking about! It is all my fault. If I had never met you and I wasn't so stubborn when I found out my sister was marrying you, we would not have ended up this way. It's my fault that you're like this now.“ “Stop blaming yourself. We shouldn't be doing that at this last moment. We should hold each others hands and comfort each other. We are going to meet in the afterlife after all. Since we are dying together, our
"What are you doing here?" May asked, her eyes on Debra's hands who is holding a bottle. Debra looks so haggard and different. The true look in her eyes are finally showing now. "What does it look like I'm doing? I'm here to kill you! Do you have any idea how you have ruined my life and the everything I have worked so hard for? You think you can remain happy after what you have done to me?" Debra yelled at her. "I told you already, you should stop blaming me for your own mistakes. You've always done this as a child and our parents failed to notice you. Not that they know what you are capable of doing. You are trying to blame it on me. Isn't that so much of stupidity on your side?" May insulted her. Debra screamed in anger. "how do you you still have to the guts to talk back at me that way? Right! I'm going to show you I am better than you today!" May thought Debra would be attacking directly with the bottle. But she did not expect that Debra would throw that bottle over her head.
At the hospital, May did not know what to do as her father is not waking up. she wanted to blame it all on Debra but she couldn't. Then she went the parking lot to enter the car. strangely she did not find a car that will take her home. "What are you doing here?" May asked, her eyes on Debra's hands who is holding a bottle. Debra looks so haggard and different. The true look in her eyes are finally showing now. "What does it look like I'm doing I'm here to kill you do you have any idea how you are ruined my life and the everything I have worked so hard for? You think you can remain happy after what you have done to me?" Debra yelled at her. "I told you already you should stop blaming me for your own mistakes you've always done this as a child and our parents feel to notice you not that they know what you are capable of doing you are trying to blame it on me isn't that so much of civility and your side?" May insulted her. Debra screamed in anger. "how do you you still have to the
On getting outside, May met her parents at the entrance coming like they just arrived. Celine smiled at May, which she doesn't like. Are her parents trying to get on her good side now that they know May is innocent?“It's creepy to see you smile at me… mom. Please don't.“ May said, stopping in front of them. “Even if we were wrong, you still shouldn't talk to your parents like this…” Dave tried to say. “Of course, you wouldn't want to admit that your precious adopted daughter is wrong. I've lived my whole life in pain because of her. The least you can do is just shut up and don't talk to me, father.” May cuts him off annoyed. Celine tried to hold her hand, she moved back. “Darling, why didn't you tell us this all these while? Why did you let us continuously blame you for what you didn't do.“ May shrugged, “It was fun. Destroying myself and bringing you pain seems fun. Besides, when have you ever believed me? You talk like you've listened to me before.““That was…” May cuts her mot
May and Jared went home together after giving their statements at the police station. They are both watching TV in the living room, laying on the couch and resting on each other. They are watching a very interesting movie with popcorn and other snacks. "Do you think that idiot is going to stop bothering me now? I know people like him tend to be stubborn." She asked him. He scoffed, "No matter how stubborn, he'll never come close to you again. I'm thinking of sending him to jail for at least twenty years. Let's charge him with attempted murder." May gasped, jumping from the chair to look at him. Her pupils dilated in shock. "What? Attempted murder? That's way too much. How could you..." "It's a joke." He laughed, "Lie down. I'm just going to send a warning to his family." She sighed in relief and laid down again, "What a relief. I thought you were really going to do that. Don't even think of doing that to people, that's way too much." "Why are you so soft? How can you pity s
May went back to the class after her sister left. She was not done with Debra yet but she didn't want to miss classes. She already promised Jared she would study well so she can graduate on time. He won't be happy if she has to carry over this time. Though she has never done it before, it might happen with the way things are going. “You're back. The lecture is over.“ Kevin said, waiting for May with her bag. She collected it from him looking around for Kayla, then she asked him, “Where is Kayla?“ He answered, “Kayla went to see the professor with her partner. She asked me to tell you not to wait for her and leave when you are ready.“ She nodded, “Even still, she could have just told me. These days, I feel like she is up to something else instead of me.“Kevin chuckled, “Would you like to have lunch with me if you are bored?“ May wanted to deny but her stomach grumbled getting her embarrassed. She ate so much before leaving the house, how can she be so hungry already? Could it be t
May wake up very early to attend her lectures the next day today was also the day that she has planned to review everything to her parents of course she's not going to let Deborah know what her plans are for the word will not come and bring everything for her. "Morning princess." She heard a familiar voice say behind her that is Jared he is also dressed up which means he is going for work very early in the morning he must be very busy since he hasn't been attending work for days. "Morning my king." She replied shyly. "you dressed up really early today I guess we have the same thoughts of going out early today.""Yes I have a very important meeting to attend that is why I am going out very early today." He answered her. She smiled, "that's actually good to talk let's go have breakfast I need to talk about to you about something." "Sure," he pulled her towards him and kissed her lips. "you have no idea how addicted I am to you now I can't even let you out of my sight if it wasn't for
The door to May's parents residence knocked. It took a while but they finally opened it. Celine was the one who opened the door, only to meet a very angry looking Kayla in front of them. “Kayla? What are you doing here this late?“ Celine asked her. “I came to see you.“ Kayla replied bluntly. “Come in.“ Celine opened the door and they both went inside. On getting to the living room, Kayla met May's dad sitting there. Dave does not look happy to see Kayla because he thinks May became worse thanks to Kayla. “What is she doing here?“ Dave asked his wife. “She has come here to talk to us about our daughter probably. You should calm down and let her talk.“ Celine said to Dave. Dave narrowed his eyes at Kayla, “I told you already that I don't like you. My daughter became worse the moment she started hanging out with you!“ Kayla shrugged, “I mean, this is the first time I'll be told that I am a bad influence for anyone when in fact the one who should be saying that is me. But it's fin
“I asked who the hell are you?“ The girl yelled at Kayla. Kayla scoffed angrily. The girl did remind her of May. She was not about to let this girl shout at her. She wanted to say something, then Matt walked inside. “Stacey?“ He called. Kayla is surprised, does he know her? Is she his girlfriend?“Matt, who the hell is this and why is she in my brother's house?“ Stacey asked Matt. “Brother?“ Kayla said surprised. She immediately guessed this must be Jared's sister. No wonder she felt familiar. “Yes. I keep asking who you are. Don't tell me mom has decided to bring someone else to him again.““No no…” Kayla immediately denied it, “You don't understand. I am May's best friend Kayla.“Stacey's eyes widened, “Oh my! You are that her loyal best friend she told me about! My bad! I thought you were someone sent by my mom to bother my brother again.“ They both ended up laughing while Matt stared at them like they have lost their mind. He wanted to stop chaos which is why he came in. He w