Ethan’s P.O.V “Have you seen Valentina?” I asked another random student that passed me, the bunch of them shook their heads immediately, so where on earth could she be? “Where is she if no one has seen her?” “Maybe she had gone home,” “The surveillance group hasn’t seen her, which means she is still on the school property.” I snapped back at Travis, as we went to the back of the school.I was grateful for his presence at least, even if I was being a bitch to him at the moment, I was still grateful for him. I don’t know what I would have done if I was the only one out here looking for Valentina, I would be going crazy right now. I was about to ask him for something else when we suddenly heard screams coming from the front of the school. “What is that?” He asked me and my head snapped in the direction of the noise, Travis and I glanced at each other before we decided to run towards the main building of the school. A lot of other students were gathering in front and they were gazing
Valentina’s P.O.V It hurts so much, the pain in my clogged throat hurts so much, and what hurts even more was Ethan’s rambling, he must see me as some kind of fool who wouldn’t realize he was doing everything to hurt me. “What are you talking about?” He asked, this time he marched towards me and I tilted myself to the other end of the rail making him stop in his tracks. “I will never do something like that, to you or to anyone else.” “You think I will believe you?” He clenched his fists in his hands, why do I feel he was also struggling with something?“You have to believe me, is that the kind of person you think I am Valentina?” How dare he sound offended when I am the one who is hurt, after he used me he is trying to play victim. “Then at least come down from there so I can prove myself to you.”“I don’t want to.” I had made up my mind, right from the time I climbed up here, I wasn’t going to come down from here. “You should leave me alone, Ethan.” His eyebrow tightened at me and
Ethan’s P.O.V Blood, the scent of blood filled my nose as I stared back at Valentina’s lifeless body, I felt a gut-wrenching pain just inside my chest. If only I had a bit faster, I could have caught her when she jumped. No, I shook my head as I stepped away from the railing, I underestimated her, I never thought she could jump. She didn’t seem like someone… No, she did, I was just too lenient about it, she had the same look my mother had the day she died. “Ethan!” I could hear someone calling my name in the distance, but I didn’t know who it was. “Ethan snaps out of it; we have to leave here now!” “Travis…” I whispered as he gripped my arms, and forced me out of the rooftop, he was sprinting forward probably rushing to where Valentina was but he should know that it was already too late for her. Anyone who fell from the rooftop was going to die, the building was far too high for her to survive, I know Travis knows this much but he also wanted to try. He must feel as bad as I do,
Ethan’s P.O.VFor some reason, the neatly arranged things on my bedroom shelf seemed annoying and so I pushed them all out of there, but I was still nowhere near satisfied.“Master Ethan…” Adam rushed into my room, probably because of the sounds of deodorants and other things falling over each other. “…What are you doing?”“Get out,” I growled in between clenched teeth, he froze for a while and then he left me alone like I had ordered. “Fuck everything!”I yelled as I got back into destroying the things that I owned, I hated everything I hated everyone and most of all I hated myself.I wanted Valentina, I wanted her to be with me… I wanted nothing more than that but also knowing that the wish was impossible displeased me greatly.If only I knew this would happen, I would never allow her to set her foot out of this house, I would keep her in bed here and make sure she is fed… she never really asked me for anything, I think I bothered her with my presence. “Fuck this!” I yelled as I d
Ethan’s P.O.VI have never had a book so entertaining, never have I ever had a book that made me cry, not once but four fucking times. As I expected, the female lead of the book is so fucking weak, but she has her reasons and she is in a tight spot so I guess it was understandable.The male lead of the book is such a jerk, he is a goddamn bastard and he doesn’t deserve the female lead, he doesn’t even deserve happiness.A stuck-up jerk like him kind of reminds me of myself, I also treated Valentina badly, I also made her cry countless times, and I was just like him.I snickered, I had no right to be sad or angry for Valentina, I had wished she disappeared countless times, and now that she is finally gone… I feel guilty. I am nothing more than a hypocrite, just like Julian on Valentine’s Day.My phone vibrated and I glanced at it sitting on my bedside table, it had been sitting there for several days and I hadn’t even touched it once in those days. I groaned as I reached for it, I knew
Ethan P.O.V “That was why we expelled Valentina, because we thought enough was enough, so think carefully boy before you start pointing fingers at me.” The word resounded in my ears as I lay down in bed, frustration feeling me up. I wanted to cry but my tear glands seemed to be dry, I rolled myself in the duvet the guilt eating me up. I heard a few knocks on the door but I didn’t answer, the door opened even though I didn’t permit them to come in. “Can I come in?” It was Adam’s voice I heard, I turned in the direction and I curled up in a sitting position, a mind-splitting headache struck me square in the head and I winced in pain. “You’re already in, you idiot,” I muttered as I sat up resting my back against the headboard of the bed, I frowned at him when I noticed the small tray in his hands, he was trying to feed me again. “What do you want?” “You need to eat.” He said as he approached my bed and sat down on it, even though I didn’t invite him to sit. “You haven’t eaten anyth
Ethan’s P.O.V Adam forced me to eat, or should I say he used his tears to blackmail me, I guess I should be nicer to him, I wiped the water dripping from my hair with the towel around my shoulder. I glanced at my reflection in the mirror and I sighed. “Everyone wants me to forget you, Valentina,” I reported to my reflection in the mirror before heading out, I already told Adam to make preparations to go to Valentina’s house, it was only right that I return her things to her family. As much as I would like to keep her memories with me, I believe they would need them more, I would just ask that they let me have her storybook, I think I like the book a little too much, and if I may want to remember her with this very book. “I don’t think I can forget you, Val,” I said to myself as I lifted the book to the tip of my nose, her scent even though faintly, it is still there. “I don’t want to ever forget you.” I heard those light knocks on the door and I already knew who it was. “Come in,
Ethan’s P.O.V “The stupid bitch was nothing but trouble, her very existence terrified her mother, do you know how my wife felt all those years because she had to raise the daughter of her assailant?” “What?” I felt the words slip out of my parted lips, by stupid bitch does he mean Valentina. “What do you mean?” “I’ve never been more relieved that spawn of the devil will never show her face here again.” He said with a huge smile of satisfaction. “I have been worried since I told her to leave, I feared she might make a ruckus but thankfully this is how she leaves.” What does he mean by that? My eyes widened when I realized the relationship between Valentina and her family was more terrible than I thought. To the point that her step father would cheerfully celebrate her demise, it was annoying. “Do you have any idea what you are saying to me?” I asked suddenly feeling the anger pumped inside me, I was ready to throw hands but I knew that I wasn’t supposed to hit anyone older than I