The walk to wherever I was walking to took 3 minutes. I'm really not surprised, like I said, this building is huge. We got to a room with a huge dining table. There were glass cups, cutleries etc, arranged on the table. "Please sit and make yourself feel at home." Austin's mother said with a warm smile. I just nodded my head and sat Anne on a chair, before opening another chair next to her and sitting down. Austin's mother sat opposite Anne and Loren sat opposite me. My wish of not having her around seems to not come to pass. Just a few seconds later, A male chef and 3 other female chefs walked in with two huge trays of food with them. My eyes widened, how can four people possibly eat that? On one of the trays was huge meat. I gulped down watching the chef cut down the meat. It looked so good. What am I doing? I quickly looked away from the food. Soon enough it was served. It's a good thing Anne knows how to serve herself. She dug in immediately. Okay, it's a good and a bad thing.
"Don't get bothered, he's sometimes like that," Carla said shaking her head. After a few minutes, we were done eating. Carla and her husband, unfortunately, had to go somewhere. And Alec got a call. I couldn't find Jake. I noticed the sky was starting to get dark and no, it wasn't getting late, I think there was going to be a storm. Oh God, how am I going to get home? It became darker in minutes. I don't think Carla would be able to leave the house now, because of the storm. I sighed sitting down on a chair with Anne on my lap. It was getting cold. A minute later Carla came towards me. "Tessa! I know you want to go home, but unfortunately, the weather won't allow that. It's so bad that everywhere has been shut down. It's cold out here, you can use the room you used earlier, here are the keys." She handed me the keys. I smiled at her gratefully. A part of me is more than happy to use that room again. She walked away. Where was the direction to the room again? I looked around until I
It took almost a minute before I turned back to look at him. For a second, I thought it was only my imagination. Sober Austin hates me so why'd drunk Austin ask me to stay? Just let him know he's drunk. "Look, Austin. You're drunk, go to bed, if you keep drinking like this you'd have a huge hangout by morning." I said. He ignored me and took another bottle of alcohol from a table and opened it. He took a gulp before looking back at me. He raised an eyebrow. "Since when do you care?" He asked. I looked at him confusedly. "All you've ever done is hurt me." He completed. Hurt him? When have I ever hurt him? He's always been the one hurting me, bullying and calling me names. I wanted to snap at him, but it'd be useless. He's probably not going to remember by morning. I want him to remember. "Hurt you? When have I ever hurt you, that should be said the other way around." He chuckled. "No, it was said the right way, Tessa. You're hurting me. A girl has never hurt me the way you do." He
"Yes," Austin replied firmly. His dad looked at him unbelievably and Loren cried harder. "Son, you know you're engaged! Why'd you done that? I thought you were better than that." That obviously got Austin angry. I was low-key glad they were not on me, right now. "I never had a choice of who I was getting engaged to. if she's not okay with it, then cut off the engagement." He said with a scowl. Well there you go, and I was wondering why he didn't show affection to her. "No!" Loren quickly said. "I mean, it's okay. I won't let a thing like that ruin our relationship, but she needs to stay away from him, father, she's a slut, a manipulator..." "She didn't seduce me, I was the one who kissed her," Austin added. "She responded!" Loren snapped. "Is this true, Tessa," Carla asked. I bet she's going to hate me after this, I can't keep on making enemies... My head dropped low. I was embarrassed and nervous at the same time. She took my silence as a yes as she sighed before saying "I thou
They walk out of the building took a few minutes because of how huge the building is. I wonder if Jake knows what happened. I don't think he does, he didn't sound curious when we spoke earlier on the phone. I spotted Jake's car, parked along with other cars. Reaching it, I opened the back door and placed Anne inside. Before going over to the passenger's sit. Keep a smiley face, he doesn't have to know what happened. He's going to find out either way. Two voices argued in my head. I'm such a burden to Jake. I need to start fighting for myself and stop leaning on Jake. "Thanks for coming," I said to Jake. After sitting down. He started the car. "You're always welcome." He replied. Normally, I would have smiled, but the situation right now is so overwhelming. I just want to cry. "You don't look okay," Jake said. I looked down, fumbling with my fingers. Tears were threatening to fall down. "Hey, are you okay?" "No, I'm not okay!" I snapped. I have no idea why but I felt like the only
~ I spent three days in and out of the hospital. I went home thrice to prepare food for Anne. She woke up the second day and the doctor said I could take her home on the third day. No, we're at home. My joy knew no bounds. "Are you crying?" Anne asked. "What? No, no, I'm not. My eyes are just watery." I lied. She nodded her head and continued eating her food. Seeing her back home makes me so happy. I don't know what I would have done if I had loosed her. She finished eating. I took her to her room, and we slept together. ~ It was in the afternoon, and -- Anne and I were watching a movie. I was glad, we've been living in peace, not a perfect life but in peace. I heard a click from the backyard. It was sharp and loud. Who could be there? It was definitely not my neighbour. Recently, I've not been comfortable in this house, like someone was watching me. I was expecting someone later, Loren. She'd asked how was Anne and she'd be coming over to see how she is. After the help I've bee
"What am I going to do now?" I cried when Gwyneth told me all my things were burnt in the fire. "Where am I going to go from here? What'd I tell the landlord? he'd probably make me pay for his properties." I winced. It seems like life itself hates me, I've been through hell since the day I was born. Never a day have I been in peace, well, I was for some time. I curled myself on the bed. My body ached, and my head ached. I've been crying for the past hour, and no matter how I tried to keep myself from crying, I couldn't stop myself. The situation was overwhelming. "Tessa, will you just stop crying? You've been like that for the past one hour and about the house. A solution will surely come up later, come, you've to take a bath." She said grabbing my hand and trying to pull me out of the bed. She successfully pulled me out of the bed to the bathroom, instructed me what to do and told me there'd be a cloth waiting on the bed for me. I managed to whisper a thank you. She walked out. I
Well, neither do I. "I don't know.." "You don't know? You know, you really have to do something about this, if you let her get away she might do something much worst sooner or later, remember, you've got a child." She was absolutely right. A huge part of me wanted to get her back, wanted revenge. But what can I do? She's rich, powerful, obviously, there's nothing I could do. "I know, but what can I do?" I asked. She sighed. Her phone dinged. "Jake is here." She said. She stood up and went away. She came back a minute later with Jake trailing behind her. I looked down. Unable to look at him, I was ashamed. "No case was charged. The landlord demands his property money." Jake said. Normally, he'd first ask how I was. For some reason, I don't like this Jake. Yeah, he seems like a different man. Not in terms of looks, but character. Something tells me he's mad. "Oh, how much did he demand?" Gwyneth asked. "54,000 dollars." He said. My eyes widened. 54,000 dollars? Where am I going to