CHAPTER FOUR

Amery POV

When I opened my eyes and noticed that I was in an unfamiliar place. I realized I messed up. I had a one night stand with a stranger. Thankfully he was still fast asleep when I left, he might be one of the creeps that ask for more.

They don't understand the concept of a drunk one night stand.

I honestly didn't regret it though, I had the best night. The way that mysterious man handled my body was magical, I lost count of the number of times I climaxed. Even my boyfriend has never had this type of effect on me before.

I wouldn't mind another night like this to clear up my head but I wondered if anybody else would make me feel that way.

"We're here ma'am" the taxi driver broke me out of my reverie.

"Oh sorry" I chuckled awkwardly and brought out a little cash from my purse and handed it to him before stepping out of the car.

I walked to my front door, ransacking my bag for my keys. I sighed in relief when my hand touched the cold metal and I brought the key out.

I thought I lost it.

I inserted it into the lock and twisted it, but it didn't bulge. I changed sides and inserted it again, it still wouldn't yield. It wasn't always this hard to open my door.

Did I take the wrong key? I knew my key, I had been living in this house for twenty years and we've never changed our lock.

I tried it a few more times, my patience wearing thin with each failed attempt, frustration washed over me and I started kicking the door with my foot, the loud thud echoing through the silence. Why is this happening now, of all time?

"You're doing too much work darling" a familiar voice spoke behind me and I froze.

I should have known, this damned woman.

"I'm sorry, did I keep you waiting? " my mother mocked with a sinister smirk on her face.

"Don't tell me you changed my lock"

"Yeah, I did. So what? It's my house after all."

"Your house? This is my Father's house!"

She burst into fits of laughter. "Your Father and I built this house together, our names were both written in the document of this house Darling. So, since he's dead. It's mine now"

"Why? You have tons of beautiful houses far better than this one. This is the only thing my father left for me. Why can't you just let me have it? "I pleaded, tears threatening to fall.

"You can have it, only if you do what I want"

"And what is that?"

"Follow me back to California"

"Why should I? My life is here" I yelled.

"You have nothing! Nothing is here for you anymore. You're pretty much deserted so why don't you just listen to me"

"And the reason I was deserted is because of you Mom, you think I don't know"

She shrugged. "Well, I have to do what I have to do to get what I want."

"Good, you've really outdone yourself mother. Well Done. But nothing you do will make me succumb to you, so do your worst." I told her before storming away angrily.

"Fine, I'll do my worst. If it gets you to follow me back home Amery!" she yelled after me.

I walked to my boyfriend's Atlas house and knocked on his door angrily. If he thought he could dump me so easily then he's had it wrong.

"Amery?" he called in surprise.

"Surprise right, you think I'll leave just like that. After everything that you've put me through. You're just going to neglect me.." my voice quivered as my eyes shimmered with tears.

"Listen Amery, us breaking up doesn't make me to stop taking responsibility but we can't be together anymore"

"But why! Why now of all time!" my words came out in whisper as if my vocal cords were struggling to hold on to a little thread of composure.

"I'm sorry, I've stopped loving you for a long time, I couldn't bring myself to tell you cos I didn't want to break your heart. But I can't keep pretending anymore.."

"Baby.." his words got interrupted by a feminine voice and loud footsteps approaching us.

He looked at me with wide eyes as he moved to close the door, but it was too late. I already saw who he wanted to hide.

My best friend, in my boyfriend's house. And she just called him BABY.

The moment our eyes met, she yelped in surprise and turned back almost immediately running back into the house.

I stood there, frozen in disbelief, I felt my world crumbling around me. The people I loved and trusted, the one I thought was my partner, my everything, was telling me he wanted out only to be cheating on me with my best friend.

The pain was like a knife twisting in my heart, a searing ache that left me breathless.

"Wh..at..is happening? Tell me what is happening" I yelled as I grasped at his shirt, my fingers trembling with desperation.

The tears streaming down my face were a mix of anger, sadness, and pleading, hoping he'd tell me what I just saw was a lie.

The next thing he said broke me the more. "I love her"

The emotion I felt was a crushing sense of loss, It was as if my heart was shattering into a million pieces.

"My best friend? Of all the girls in this world Atlas. You choose to love my best friend! "

"Stop it you're making a scene" he yelled.

"You're yelling at me for that bitch? Tell her to come out, Joey come out! You bitch" I tried to force my way into the house pushing him away from the door frame.

He stood firm, his eyes flashing with fierce anger. I pushed him with all my strength determined to get hold of that betrayer and tear her into pieces, as my heart raced with adrenaline, but he countered my every move.

Then in a sudden and fast motion, he grasped my arms and pulled me back. I struggled to break free, but he held me back, his fingers digging deep into my skin. I felt a surge of fear as he pushed me hard, my head crashing against the wall with a loud sound.

The impact sent stars dancing across my vision, and my body crumpled to the ground, my consciousness slipping away like sand between my fingers. The only thing I could hear was faded voices as I slipped into darkness.