21L I N D Y“Sammie was dead.”Those three simple words kept ringing inside my ear and I can’t actually believe it. I can feel my heart racing inside my chest knowing I have been casually talking with that man since I bumped into him. Recalling back the time in the hallway makes me wonder it was intentional and planned. “Sammie wasn’t his only victim.” Bailey adds.“What do you mean?” “There were a few more victims before Sammie. I have heard he has this obsessive disorder where he tends to get attached to any woman he lays his eyes on.”“What?” I didn’t want to believe that this kind of man has a certain record and the entire university isn’t even doing anything to him. “Shouldn’t he be in prison instead? Why is he still out?”“Jury found him not guilty because she had no proofs. There were some girls that were brutally hurt by him but they were all too scared to come out. I heard he paid them so that they wont file a case and they had to leave Yale.”“But this girl named Sammie….
22L I N D Y“Can you accompany me to the airport?” Milo asks me the next instant.I inwardly cursed at Bailey for even spilling that out. “Sure.” I answered.The minute we got inside his car, he was still awfully quiet. I assumed that he was thinking about what Bailey had just said while I was thinking about what I could lie to him so that he won’t worry about me. His brows were knitted together as Paul begins to drive the car while the two of us were sitting in the backseat.When the car moved, we already headed out the gates of Yale but he was still silent. Silent Milo is something that I don’t like because I can tell that he has a lot of things going on inside his head. I glanced at him and he looked unhappy with what he just found out. Curse the light-lipped Bailey Watson."Milo, baby I'm--""Why didn't you tell me?” He cuts me off.I glance at Paul who started sliding up the compartment window that separates the backseat from the diver’s area. I lowered my head and felt guilty
23L I N D Y"Hi." Griffin greeted.I was nervous about why he is here in the girls’ dormitory early in the morning. What is he even doing here in the first place? He can’t possibly be waiting for me, is he? There’s just no absolute way that he is waiting for me. I gazed at him and smiled slightly then just continued walking ahead trying to ignore that he actually existed. I don’t want to be around him, to be honest after every thing that I have heard about him.I froze when he begins to jog and catches up with me as he walks next to me.“Hey.” He calls out.As much as I want to ignore him, it’s so hard because he is literally walking with me. I didn’t feel safe being with him and it feels like he has something he wanted to say but it’s the least I care about. "I was just wondering. Are you by any chance mad at me?" He asks me.I gazed at him from the corner of my eyes and his eyes looked inquisitive. I looked away as I answered, "Why would I be mad at you?" I asked him."I don't kn
24MILO'S POV“Milo don’t--”I quickly ended the video call and felt guilty right away from even letting my jealousy and anger get the worst of me. This was stupid, absolutely stupid since I am getting jealous over a petty guy.Guy, that’s what worries me. A guy that Lindy liked in her high school is actually approaching her. This wasn’t even the first time that this happened. I hate how I keep on getting jealous over that asshole when I should be trusting Lindy instead.It was hard to be in this kind of relationship, most especially since my work allows me to be away from her for days, weeks, and even months.I can’t just stop thinking about her having a closer relationship with another man and that closeness would make her realize that her love for me is no longer valid.Jesus Christ Milo, why are you overthinking things?I groan in my seat and threw my phone on the couch right next to me as I watch it bounce off. I wasn’t really angry at Lindy, but I am angrier at myself for even
25L I N D Y"Thanks Jake." I answered. He smiles. "No big deal. You're my friend. But I hope Milo's not mad at me."I smiled to reassure him, "No. There's nothing to be mad about anyways."I spent the entire time with Jake and we talked mostly about college life. He was still adjusting to the changes that I am also going through and I couldn’t help but agree with him because we were obviously going through the same thing. It was a very light and friendly conversation with Jake and if only Milo would have the chance to hang out with him, I think they would make good friends if Milo wasn’t too jealous.I was feeling sad that we fought over something so petty. Milo had never been this jealous to anyone and it was something that really surprised me because he has always been so calm. Yet, with the attitude he gave me earlier was really something else.Jake walked me back to the ladies' dorm building just to make sure I was safe. It was thoughtful of him to do so and I felt happy that he
26L I N D YThe next morning, I woke up with no message from Milo. Have I done something so awful that made him go mad like at me like that?I felt sad knowing that he is still so mad at me as if I have done something horribly wrong when in the first place he didn’t listen to my explanation. Being a teenager, I decided not to message him too because I can play this game as well. It was childish of me to jump into the crusade but I couldn’t think of it as my fault since Jake was in the same place as I was. I continued with my day and decided to attend class focusing my attention to the lessons. Fast forward and it was lunch, I shared a table with Jake. It has been days since I haven’t talked to my other friends and it seemed pretty much unusual for me. Usually we would hang out to eat dinner but lately they are just gone. “You seriously can’t stay in the dormitory.” Jake blurts out. “What do you even mean?” I chuckle. “It isn’t a safe place for you. Griffin could just potential
27L I N D Y I was comforted by the dorm officers because I was still literally in shock. It was hard to believe that I managed to get away from Griffin and how thankful I am that I am still alive right now. I was then escorted to the security guards’ area where they allowed me to stay for a little bit until it was safe to go back inside.To be honest, I don’t want to sleep here after what happened in my dorm room. I am too traumatized to even sleep at all. I am still a bit antsy and worried out of my mind that things would happen again and Griffin would pop out of nowhere. I still have that vision of how the knife pointed right at my face.I decided to message Milo: Please call me when you get this. I needed someone to hear me out and I needed Milo the most at a time like this. I sent him another message: Please I need you.I sat on my chair and decided to message Jake too since I was reminded that he asked me to message him if things went wrong. I can’t think of anything and anyo
28L I N D Y No, this wasn’t happening. It can’t be. I just can’t accept this.I see Milo flirting with another girl as they lounge in the booth of this crowded and ear-splitting club. My hands were shaking in anger as my armpits feel like it was sweating too. The humidity of this club was hot and I can see sweaty people dancing on the dance floor.This wasn’t happening. Milo could never do this to me, he would never.My tears streamed all over my face and my heart was hurting too much as soon as I see them kissing each other. I was completely in shock to see how Milo calmly slides his hand under her dress. I could tell from the woman’s face that she was being fingered as she continues to kiss Milo. I couldn’t accept this. I wasn’t enough to him. I cried my way out of the club because I had no guts to approach him after what I have witnessed. I will never understand why he could do this to me knowing that we are going to have a child soon. Why would Milo do this? How could he do th