Elena
I’m happy that Avera is not home today. It means no more pressure for tonight. I hop out of the car running to the entrance. I push the door open, giving some support to Ella who’s a little tipsy. Thank God she wasn’t too drunk before I found her. She will be better once she washes up.
“Hey, why leave the party so early?” she’s speaking from her drunken state. I help her get into her room. I take off whatever she is wearing and pushes her into the bathroom to have a bath.
“Ella you are drunk. You need to bath to feel better.” she stumbles forward. I gently get her in the bathtub while I turn on the shower.
“Let me be. I want to enjoy the party! Why did you bring me here?” her mouth stinks of alcohol as she mumbles slowly. Did she really drink that much within that short period of time? Did something happen between her and the other guy?
“Hey, Ella. You don’t feel okay. Please get in the bathtub, I will help you get a bath.” I steady her. If I leave her on her own, she’ll fall off and damage any part of her tonight.
I’m going to make the bath hot for her. I heard hot bath after getting drunk makes you feel relax, and yes, drinking more water after you are done bathing to avoid extra dehydration. This is what I will do, I say to myself.
I make the water hot after I strip her naked. She squeaks as I sink her into the hot bath. She seems a lot calmer now as she’s no longer saying those drunken speeches. Her eyes are shut, and I pour water on them to clear her eyes from the alcohol. I’m still baffled why she drank a lot tonight.
She’s cool now, and I take her out of the bathroom. I take her to her bed. I grab a glass of water from the table and give it to her. She’s much better now so she can hold up the glass to her lips to drink enough water her body needs to quench the dehydration.
“Ella, can you hear me? Do you feel better? Why did you drink so much?” I’m trying to bring her back. She doesn’t speak she just drops her eyes on the glass cup.
I feel something happened but I have no clue. Maybe I should let her relax for now, while I go upstairs to my room and have my own bath. I will just be back for her, and maybe by then, she’s feeling better to speak. I go up to my room, pushing it open and what happen tonight at the lagoon starts replaying in my head. Honestly, I feel terrible at allowing that man touch me. I used him and put his life at risk just because I wanted to prove a point to my mates.
I feel bad, and I hate myself for doing that. I’ve gotten an innocent person killed for no reason. Did they kill him? I’m baffled.
It’s late. I don’t think Avera will be coming home tonight. Wherever she went to, I just wish she could stay there forever and not come back here. The house is peaceful tonight, and I wish every night could be like this at least. It used to.
I rush up with my bath, walking up to my closet. I pick a crop top and a short blue panty to wear. It’s night now and I am only home with Ella so there is no big deal if I’m dressed this way. It would only make me sleep peacefully.
I walk back downstairs to check on Ella. She should be fine by now, I’m sure. I reach the sitting room and I see her playing a slow song and sipping some coffee.
“Hey, do you feel better now? You got drunk.” I say as I pick a cookie from the plate beside her. I haven’t really eaten much. Sometimes I forget to eat and it’s not good for me.
“I’m sorry, I got drunk. I didn’t stress you right? I think I was overwhelmed by the situation.” she drops her gaze sadly.
“No, you didn’t. I’m glad you weren’t reluctant to get in the car with me because the guys came.” I sit beside her, leaning my head on the couch to relax. I can’t helping thinking about the man I put in trouble today.
What if they kill him? I draw in a heavy breath.
“I was drunk, but I could see the panic in your eyes, I couldn’t be reluctant.” she sighs.
“What situation was that by the way? Did anything happen?” I ask, my eyes are free from any expression. I’m just keeping myself more relaxed with the cookies she made.
“Jamie…” she sighs out a guy name, and I suppose it’s the guy I saw at the party. Andrew’s brother. “Wait, Jamie? Where is he? Did we leave him there?” her eyes widen. I’m trying not to give so much attention to it because I don’t want to overthink. Did something really go wrong?
“The guy, we left him. I’m sure he will drive back home after we left.” I tell her calmly.
“We what? Shit-” she yells.
Now something is wrong, but the sound of the doorbell interrupts her and I’m wondering who could be there. Is Avera coming back home by this time? Well, I wouldn’t know because I don’t care to know anything about her.
“The door…” she sighs to calm her nerve. “I will get it.” she says. It’s better she opens the door for her because I have been avoiding eye contact with her since that night I found out she’s pregnant with Mr. Callus.
While she goes to the door, I sip in a little of her coffee, enjoying the song by Justin Bieber-Baby. I’m going to change the song when I hear Ella’s scream.
“Jamie! What did you do to him? No, please. No!” she screams again.
I run towards the door immediately, and see them walking into the living room boldly as they smirk at me darkly. The hair at the back of my neck rise.
Jesus Christ, how did they know where I live?
My pulse is beating faster now, as my eyes fall on the unconscious guy on Ella’s lap and immediately know it was Andrew’s brother. My chest tightens.
I stumble backwards in shock, dropping the coffee. “Hello, soft flower, what now? Are you scared? Or brave? Tell me now!” Ryan yells kicking the stool in from of me.
The stool the cookies are on. My body starts shaking, but I’m trying not to show it. I knew they would react at what I did tonight because it’s true. But I didn’t think it would turn out this bad. What did they do to the poor guy? I try not to shake but my knees are feeling weak all of a sudden.
“What are you doing here? How did you know this place?” I yell out of rage, building up inside of me.
“Well, thank God for technology. I wanted to use this drunkass here to find your place, but he would be useful in other ways anyway. I found his phone and I discovered Ella shared your location with him earlier tonight.” he smirks, using his finger to touch his lips while he licks it.
Shit. I scream in my head as I remember asking Ella to share our location to him. Fuck, this isn’t going to go well tonight. They have him and he is so weak right now. My mind trails off to something else and I scream. No! I won’t allow, I can’t allow it.
“Why are you doing this for hell’s sake?” I groan out of fear. I’m scared I might not be able to act strong in front of them now. I’m scared they might succeed in breaking me totally tonight because this guy here is my weak point and they want to use him.
I can’t let anything happen to him. No, I can’t let him die because of me. I’m already putting everyone around me in danger.
No this is not happening, please.
“Now tell us Elena. Admit that what you did was stupid.” he comes sitting on the couch crossing his legs. His brothers sit on the edges of the couches, but Daniel comes behind me and I see that his smile looks friendly but it’s like a venom.
I knew what I did got a reaction from, so on my part it wasn’t stupid. I wanted to know their weak point but it’s not turning out the way I had planned it. I gulp hardly down my throat, and my pulse beats faster. So much blood is rushing in my ears.
“Admit your foolishness now, Elena!” Ryan yells like thunder. I tremble at the shock that emitted from it.
“Darius…grab his fucking throat now. Maybe she wants another guy dead for her sake…” he says in anger, I’m screaming no. Jesus, they killed that man at the party?
“Y-you killed him?” I stutter in tears.
“Yes, death is what he gets for touching what is ours. You are ours, if we catch any man touching you again, we will give him a slow death. We will cut off his fingers, one at a time and shove his dick off while we feed it to the dogs. we will make you watch it the next time that happens.”
Jesus Christ, I’m losing my balance.
“Now admit it, or you want this one dead too!” he shouts.
“No!” Ella screams, tightening her hands around his neck. “No, please don’t touch him.. please.” Ella begins to cry. She’s pleading for his life and all this shit is happening because of me.
I don’t realize when I start crying. They can’t kill him. They can’t continue to kill because of me.
“I admit!” I shout through tears. “I admit that what I did was stupid. Please don’t touch him.” I’m helpless now, I’m crying. I can’t control it. They are going to give another torture of my life. I can smell it. I can smell it everywhere in the atmosphere.