I wrote a note for my parents, I stare at it, wondering I was giving out too much or hiding anything at all. I didn’t want them to worry about me.
It would do until I get a new phone to call them.
They have suddenly stopped worrying to their house and dropped the note on the porch where I was sure they would see it.
I drove my car into the garage of Mrs Rollins, it would stay there through out the vacation. That would be two weeks.
I went upstairs and Jay was waiting for me.
“I wanted to show you something” he said pulling my hand and taking me to a room.
I went to the window to look outside. From here I can see Daniel’s house.
“Wish, what’s that?” I asked in surprise as I watched Jay carrying a huge box from a cupboard.
He opened it.
“Aqua marine” he said with a proud smile.
It was a miniature model of the cruise ship we were going to spend an entire week on, even as a miniature it was very big.
“I kind of obsess over these things” he said slightly embarrassed.
“It’s great. My good, look at it” I admired every tiny detail of the cruise ship, it was a real beauty.
“I had them make me one, they didn’t want to at first but I paid them handsomely”
“So it’s expensive?” I asked him.
He nodded.
“Too expensive for me to lift?”
“No. Please take your time”
After I admired the extremely expensive miniature ship, I decided that I needed to see the sip in real life. Jay was more than happy to drive me home so I’d pack my things.
“What’s that?” Jay asked as we entered into my living room. I ran and picked up the box before he could.
“Is that the picture of his sub?” He asked.
I nodded my head.
He stretched his hand out.
“Let me see”
I sighed and handed him over the box, he opened the lid quietly and stared at the picture as if he was merely observing a test subject of a professional experiment.
“You haven’t told me his name yet” Jacob said.
I shook my head.
“I can’t”
“Why?”
“Because, you’d think I’m crazy”
“Now you’re making me more worried Jenna” he was telling the truth, I could hear the fear in his voice. “I’m scared for you”
“But, I’m alright ” I defended.
He dropped the photos on the table.
“I don’t want to argue. Sooner or later I’ll find out on my own ”
I shook my head and turned away.
“Your house is beautiful Jenna, how much did it cost?”
I was dumbfounded.
“You didn’t buy it, did you?”
“No”
“I see, your boyfriend is rich ”
“Why do you say it that Jay?”
“Because I’m jealous that he has you and I don’t. I hate him” I rolled my eyes at him and he just gestured towards the stairs.
He got into my room and stood at the center looking around. Watching him standing there made me feel a certain kind of way. Like he belonged there, as if he was coming home.
“Your room is exactly the way I pictured it” he said walking to the vanity to pick up a hair brush. He pulled some strands from the brush.
“One day Jenna, I’m going to clone you and we’ll be together forever” he said seriously.
I couldn’t help but laugh.
I went into the closet and packed some clothes.
“Would we see plenty of the beach?” I asked him loudly.
“Yes”
I packed some bikinis that I had bought while Blue and I were shopping.
“Jenna, you would leave him after what he did, right?” Jay asked from the door of the walk in closet. I had told him everything, he knew too much now.
I pulled my luggage and just stared at anywhere but him.
“Jenna, you’ll leave him. He cheated on you”
“He didn’t have sex with her”
“His sub sending you her nude photos, photos he took, it isn’t enough proof?”
“That was before Jay. Before he met me”
“This is unbelievable ” Jay said moving away from the closet but he reappeared almost immediately.
“Be with someone who can treat you right ” he said softly. “I want to be that person. You’ll never cry from pain, or be hurt or get harassed by angry ex”
“I love him ”
“Then why are you hurting, love isn’t supposed to be painful”
Love isn’t supposed to be painful, the words were as simple as ABC. And yet my mind could not believe it simplicity. Love is complicated, it’s a lot of things but it’s not painful.
“I promise to never leave him”
“Promises are meant to be broken when it no longer aligns with your values”
I pulled my luggages.
“Who did this to you, was it him?”
It was the marks from the cable wire Christian had tied me up with.
“I asked for it” I said, half ashamed and half sad.
He dropped my hands as if they were plagued and he picked up my luggage for me.
I grabbed a note and a pen and quickly scribbled some words to Christian.
“I’m sorry ” I said apologizing to Jay when we got to the car.
He turned to me and slimed softly.
“Why would you to be apologizing to me, I should be apologizing to you”
“I thought you would be angry at me”
“Is your boyfriend always angry at you?”
“Not always. If he saw the cable wires mark…”
Jay cut me off sharply.
“Cable wires?!”
“I asked for it Jay, asked for it’
“I’m so angry at him and I don’t even know him.. or do I?”
“Let’s forget about him”
I got into the car and put on my seatbelt.
“Let’s make a deal”
“What deal?”
“It’s more like a proposal ”
I raised a brow at him and he laughed his beautiful laugh, then he became all serious once again.
“I’ll make you fall in love with me in fourteen days and if I succeed, you’ll break up with your boyfriend and dated me”
I shook my head in disapproval.
“Don’t think about it. Just do it”
“Okay” I blurted out without thinking.
“Pinky promise?” He asked holding out his pinky finger.
I locked fingers with him.
“Pinky promise”
“What you’re asking for is more than a date. I can’t do it”
He picked up my hands and stared at my wrist, both of them. I wanted to pull my hands out but he shook his head.