“What?! Janet what do you think you’re doing? If this is a prank, you better stop it now while it can still be funny!” Kelsey was perturbed, every word came out in a rush, her mind was buzzing with disbelief, her courage was melting like a lit candle.“Who says it’s a prank? You know Kelsey, for months—a whole lot of months—I have watched you live my dream, waiting, searching for ways to take back what was mine and then voila!” She made fireworks with her hands. “An opportunity came.” Janet gave a maniacal laugh that shivers down Kelsey's spine.“All I had to do was get you another bottle and you blabbed, you kept going on and on andon, well, until you couldn’t. You blacked out. It was a shame, really, I was hoping you could tell me more.Janet's words were like an arrow to Kelsey's heart, a poisoned arrow, her limbs weakened. Betrayal.Pain.Guilt.Anger.She felt it all. She couldn’t even bear to look up at Denis, she could feel his eyes on her body, his stare lingering.“I'll make
Kelsey clung tightly to Denis' jacket—the one he had put around her shoulders earlier, she held on to it like it would save her from the mess she was knee-deep in. “I told you not to trust anybody.” Denis muttered, his jaw was clenched and his face was hardened.He did, he told her not to trust anybody, as much as it hurts and she wants to blame everything on Janet, it was her fault, it was her fault that she trusted someone. It was her fault that she drank too much. She was the one who invited Janet into their home. She did this to herself.“I'm sorry.” She was apologizing go Denis but her yes were glued to the jacket she clutched tight to her chest. She didn’t want to see his face. She knew that whatever look he had on was going to stay with her forever, carved into her memory like words on a stone. it was better not to look.“Do you think she’s told anybody else other than us? Any of her friends?” Kelsey winced at the mention of friends, what did that even mean anymore? Nothing ap
She fought the tears the entire drive home, she wiped them off as soon as they rolled down toher cheeks, similar to how a windshield wiper wipes rain from the windshield of a car in a continuous, tireless manner until the rain stops.She pulled up in front of the house and used her steering as a pillow. Why could she never find happiness? Why did something always have to go wrong every time? Why?She got out of the car reluctantly, almost losing her balance. She had cried so much she was physically weak. Emotionally wounded. “Where have you been?, I tried calling but you didn’t take your phone. Do you know how worried I was?” Kelsey shut the door and turned to face him. Her eyes were puffy, her face was red, her hands were shaking and she looked still somehow managed to look pale.He knew she didn’t sleep in her room, her dress said enough and that was the first place he had looked for her. He was unable to sleep properly the entire night and looking at Kelsey, he knew she had it much
Denis returns home with ~~b~~ and ~~g~~. He calls out to Kelsey but there was no answer, he called again but there was still no answer. “Maybe she’s asleep?”“Yeah, go check on her.”He rushed up the stairs to her room and knocked on the door but there was still no response, he was getting worried so he let himself in.He didn’t find Kelsey, panic pierced through his skin slowly like hard drug. The room was empty. There were empty hangers hanging in the closet, her shoe rack, it was empty. Kelsey's gone. He sat down on the bed and ran his hands though his hair.What have I done? He tried calling but her phone was turned off.Where could she have gone? Is she okay? Just one word from her would put him at ease. His eyes found the tray of food on the dressing table, she didn’t even finish it, he lifted the tray to take to the kitchen and a note slipped from beneath it.He went down to meet his friends after reading the note, he had even forgotten about the tray of food.“So? Where is s
“I found her!” ~b~ yelled.“That was fast!” ~g~ said patting ~b~ on the head. “I told you I’m the best.” ~b~ boasted.“Where is she?” Denis asked like he was afraid to know. “She’s not very far, we can get there in three to four hours.” Denis nodded and scurried out of the room to grab his car key.“What would you define as far?” ~g~ asked ~b~ and he snorted.“I’m just glad she’s close by and we found her,don’t you see the look on his face?”“You talking about Denis?”“Yes, I’m talking about Denis, you bozo.”“What about me?” Denis asked with a car key and a black coat that he put on in two swift moves.“Nothing, let’s go find your woman.”They marched out of the house in black coats looking like grim reapers.“Are we all taking your car?” ~g~ asked Denis.“No. Take your own car!” He growled at ~g~ “Ok, ok, no need to be so touchy.”They got in their black jeeps and drove off.Denis took the lead following a map to the location ~b pinned to his phone.~b~’s car was right behind Den
“What do you mean you’ll step down?”“I'll step down for you Kelsey. It’s you I want to spend the rest of my life with, not Janet. I don’t love Janet, I love you.”He's not saying Like like again like a teenager that’s afraid of being tied down by the shackles of commitment, he said love.Kelsey wanted to pull him on top of her and kiss him like her life depended on it but she had to talk sense into him, he can’t step down from the pack because of her, even if she wanted him to, that would be very selfish of her.“You can’t do that. You can’t step down.”“I can Kelsey and I will, if that’s what it takes to be with you. I love you.”The way he’s saying the word love with so much depth, the sincerity in his voice, his glistening eyes, she couldn’t want anything more than this moment but of course, she can’t enjoy it because life is a bitch and the universe dislikes her.“If the truth comes out the pack will be in so much trouble. Other packs won’t trust yours anymore. You might even los
She wants to believe him, she really does but his words were no longer enough. The moment he told her that he had to marry Janet, something inside her broke, but she couldn’t tell what it was. Now she knows, It was the little trust she had left for him.He had broken her trust over and over but she always managed to glue it back together because at the time, she thought that she was the only one hopelessly in love with him and that the only thing bonding them together was their agreement but the moment she knew that her feelings were reciprocated, the moment she knew that they were a lot more than business partners, her trust became more delicate than it was.Then he said those words and it just—shattered.“I don’t think I can do this— I have too many doubts, too many questions.”“And I promise to answer every single one of them, no matter how many they are. First, I need you to believe me when I say I love you. I love you and everything that comes with your existence. I love your smi
A shrill sound interrupted her thoughts, it was coming from her phone. She checked the caller ID and was reluctant to pick up the phone.She’d been worried all morning about how the day would unfold. She still has no idea how Denis intended to take care of Janet. She would have asked him to explain when they got home last night but they were too busy exploring each other’s body.She answered the call on the fifth ring.“Hey, you want me to come over?” She’s glad Alice is offering but she wasn’t in the mood for company and she was also scared of how Alice would react if she knew the truth about her relationship with Denis.“Thanks but I think I got it covered.” That was a lie, a big one. She had nothing prepared. No make up artist, no stylist, nothing. She didn’t know the first thing about bridal makeups or about brides in general, she could use some pointers on the dos and don’ts of the ceremony but she wasn’t even sure there was going to be a ceremony. What if Janet crashed it befor