Raymond already didn’t know about my internship so it wasn’t a problem at all. I just have to keep quiet.
I pushed aside all the thoughts and went to complete my homework. I had a lot of work to do for the competition.
Finally after completing all my home work I headed downstairs as mom was calling me for dinner. After I came back to my room I started with my Internship work.
Scribbling on papers as my fingers went numb from writing. I kept on doing my work. My eyelids threatened me to close but i had to stay awake. I have to win this. For Raymond. Finally after my room was filled with the crumbled sheets all over the floor, my books spread like sheets on the table and my laptop screen glowed while I was reading an Article on it. I was done with my work. Atleast for today. I glanced at the watch. It is already twelve fifteen.
I checked my phone. Not even a single call from Raymond neither a message.
This is weird. Never in the past week Raymond missed a chance to call me. He use to call at twelve in the night and we use talk then until I drifted off to sleep. But today he didn’t call.
My thoughts went wild about thinking how Raymond could be with some other girl at this time.
Ughh…..
I should trust him.
I don’t know why, I keep thinking like this about Raymond. I feel he is changed, he is no more a womanizer, he will not betray me. My mind told me every ugly possibility about how Raymond could be cheating on me.
Never in the last three months Raymond showed my that he didn’t care about me. He even stopped going to the stupid parties because I refused to accompany him and he wanted to spend his time with me. So we ended up watching movie and cuddling on my bed. I use to drift off to sleep embraced in his arms. When I woke up he wasn’t there anymore. This happened on every Fridays and Saturdays.
But his past, it haunted me. Raymond slept with half of the girls in our school. He was the bad boy of our school. All this made it difficult for me to trust him blindly. When I asked Raymond why he dated Ellen after he kissed me, he shrugged by saying it was his mistake.
I called him. The bell rang but he didn’t answer the call. I again tried. No answer. I tried for about three more times but he didn’t pick up his phone. I was losing my patience by now so I started to message him. After sending about twenty messages I saw the screen for then last time. there were blue ticks. That means he read them and still chose to avoid them. This made it clear. Raymond is avoiding me. Maybe he’s done with me. Maybe he met someone better there.
I didn’t notice that tears were falling down. A sob escaped my mouth. But then his words hit me
You were my light soaf.
I love you too.
No. Maybe I am over exaggerating things. He will not this to me. Never.
I walked towards the window and opened it. Though It was April but air was slightly chilled.
Wait. It’s April right?
Ohh geez, it’s seventeen today. It’s my birthday tomorrow!
I clicked on my phone to check the notifications but before I could give a glance towards my phone a guy jumped inside my room through the opened window and pressed his one hand on my mouth to stop me from screaming and pushed me back until my back hit the wall.
He crushed his body against mine. I tried to protest but he was strong. My body was sandwiched between his and wall. He grabbed my hair and pulled my head on the side so that he had good access to my neck.
I knew what was coming next and I was not ready for it.