All Chapters of By your Side: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Mila sat in her seat beside the window of the plane and she put her bag under her legs after grabbing the book she had been reading for the last few days from it; she was reading Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. It was as if the book was screaming her name and Emma's. She could see herself as Cath while Emma was Wren. However, she was no longer sure if it was true or not after what she had done to Emma at her apartment.When she got home, she was so mad at herself for being so self-centered when Emma needed her. She knew she should have put everything aside and helped her best friend out, but something pulled her away from doing that; something she has always hated for as long as she could remember. She let her ego get the best of her and speak up for her, she failed to control it. She allowed her wounded ego to take advantage of Emma's weakness just to get back at what Emma did in front of the others. Her pride and her ego were her worst traits and she wished she could kill them.

I woke up in the middle of the night, feeling thirsty. When I opened my eyes, I could not see properly at first, so I turned on the lamp on my nightstand. I drank some water from the bottle I had beside me, then I looked next to me to check on Emma; however, I did not find her beside me.I slowly got out of bed and took my phone with me to look for her. Something was not right. I knocked on the bathroom door, but I did not hear anything. I walked inside and I did not find her.I took a deep breath then went downstairs to look for her, but she was nowhere to be seen. She was not in the living room or the kitchen or even the backyard. She was scaring me. Where did she go?My heart started to beat with worry and fright. I did not know where my best friend was and that was scaring the hell out of me. I kept thinking for a while then I quickly made my way upstairs. I hoped I would find Emma where I thought she would be.I went to the rooftop, feeling that I wo

Mila and Emma zipped their suitcases and made sure they did not leave anything behind. It has been three days since Thanksgiving and the two girls were finally heading back to Seattle. Emma looked bummed and Mila could see that, she even knew the reason behind her sadness.During the past two days, the girls' bond grew stronger. They did everything together, just like how it used to be before the devils came into their lives and turned them upside down. Emma even gained three pounds during her stay with Mila's family.Each day, Mila would help Emma to get over her stutter and she showed great improvement. It turned out that her stutter was not that bad, but it only got worse whenever she talked about what Cole and Ariana put her through or when she was upset.They took their suitcases downstairs then they put them in the car. They got in the backseat of the car while Mila's parents got in the front seats.Mila picked up her phone and messaged Blake, telli

Emma walked inside her place after Cole opened the door. She did not understand anything, she did not know why Cole brought Max and Justin. Something did not feel right.Cole took her to her bedroom. Her body was shaking slightly and her skin was a bit cold out of fright.Cole found his pleasure in Emma's fear. He enjoyed seeing her shaking and trembling because of him. She was nothing but a toy and a bank account to him and he made sure to abuse the hell out of his toy without any ounce of mercy in his body. Her misery became his ultimate satisfaction and he was used to feeding on her fear. Her fear was nothing but the nutrition to his sick soul.Cole pushed Emma roughly to her room. Her breath was unsteady and she felt that she was going to faint at any moment as she was petrified of them. There was a lump formed in her throat and she was not able to gulp it. Her throat narrowed and she was not able to talk or produce any sound easily."W-what do you w-

"Girls... do you mind if Emma stays with us?" Mila asked them quietly. After she brought all the stuff Emma would need from her apartment, she decided to go and talk to the girls about that topic. She was quite nervous. She didn’t want to leave Emma on her own and she was not sure if they would agree or not."Of course not," Julie and Leila said at the same time."I mind." Hannah surprised them. Actually, Mila was not surprised, she knew how much Hannah hated Emma."I expected that," Mila mumbled."You wait here," Julie said, looking at Mila, then turned to Hannah. "What is your problem? Don't you have any ounce of mercy in your body? The girl is shaken up and scared! I'm sorry Hannah, but you don't live here alone, three of us want her here. She was almost raped! She’s petrified," Julie spoke angrily. She was done with Hannah's attitude."You two won't fight because of me or Emma! I can figure it out by myself! I can find another place