I opened my eyes and the room was still covered in darkness. I tousled and turned but I couldn’t go back to sleep.
I sat up and reached for the curtain, before my fingers could touch them Christian startled me with his greeting.
“Good morning”
I trembled and he laughed.
I picked my pillow and slapped him on his face with it.
“Don’t ever try that again, I thought a serial killer was in here with me”
“I see you woke up on the right side of the bed”
I hissed at him and he laughed.
“How long have you been awake?”
“I didn’t sleep ”
“Why?” I asked turning to face him, my eyes had adjusted to the darkness.
“Nothing ” he said with a lazy smile.
I took my pillow from where I was mad raised it in the air threateningly.
He couldn’t stop laughing.
I hit him with the pillow countless times and he would not stop laughing.
“Why does this do nothing to you?”
“Are you serious, this fluffy pillow is meant to hurt?”
“Well, after hitting you so many times it should have at least, hurt you, a little”
He froze as if he was thinking of something and he shook his head.
“What?”
“I think you need some training, Jenna. Why did I not bring this up before?”
“Training for what?”
“To protect yourself, in case of any harm. In case I’m not there”
“Why didn’t you sleep?”
“I was just thinking and watching over you”
His face went serious and sad all of a sudden.
“I’m fine ” I said and I walked over him and climbed down from the bed.
“Where is my morning kiss?” He asked.
I turned to face him while I walked backwards.
“You’d have to come get it” I teased.
He dropped himself up on his elbows, his eyes darkened and I knew he was about to chase me. My excitement rose, builder up and I became very jittery, then he fell back on the bed.
“What happened?”
“Nothing. I’m not chasing you”
“You know I was just teasing, right?”
“I know Baby”
“Then what happened?”
“If I chase you, and we get excited, you know what would follow… I don’t want that”
“I’m fine, I stopped bleeding before I went to bed”
He was silent.
“Baby..”
“Jenna, no”
***
KYLEE
I could try but I would never trust Elisa. She had eyes that was wanting and desperate. The first time I saw her, I felt Marcellino was in trouble, then I heard she had a daughter and k wanted to see a mean wretch but instead I saw a darling angel.
Bright genuine smile, eyes that were curious and bold, not pleading or wanting. Getting to know Jenna was fantastic, it was wonder how darkness could recreate light without destroying it, that was what I thought until I saw that Elisa destroyed Jenna in ways tagtywas hidden in plan sight.
The end result led to a daughter that fled from everyone and herself, a sweet bright girl that didn’t know the difference between manipulation and true love. She could fall right into a ten foot grave and think it’s bunk bed.
I trusted Christian was showing light to that sweet girl, Elisa had had her hidden in the darkness for too long.
I shivered as I stepped out through the back of the house. I made my way into the woods, I had followed Elisa’s trail from standing in Christian’s room window and watching her enter.
Only a fool would wear bright red into the wood and hope not to get caught. After I mapped out where she went, I started making my own destination.
I could only hope that I was early. I saw a white car and a black motor bike, I saw Elisa leaning on the hood of the car and she was showing a short fat man something on her phone.
I watched the man shake his head in approval and he said something that made Elisa throw her head back in laughter.
She put her phone into her pocket and started talking to the two men, she used her hands to discuss, something she passed down to her daughter.
She’s as plotting something, I could smell the foul stench of her plan. They stopped talking and the black haired man that owned the motorbike rode out. The fat man stayed a while and I watched in utter disgust as Elisa unbuttoned her pants and climbed into the car.
The man undid his pants as well and the other car started moving as they fucked. I had seen enough.
I turned around and stopped in my tracks.
“What are you doing here?” Josef asked me.
He like behind my shoulder, I was certain he saw car but I didn’t know if he could tell it was moving.
“You’re awake” the last time I saw him he was sprawled on the bed, naked and snoring. “I saw you sneaking out of the house, I followed you”
I raised a brow at him.
“Sneaking out, I wasn’t sneaking out. You also don’t have any right to follow me” I brushed past him but I stopped when I didn’t hear his footsteps coming.
“I saw man riding out, on a black motorcycle”
“I saw him too… What is wrong?” Everything about him was off.
His tone was accusing, bus eyes were accusing and there was insecurity written all over him.
“Why are you here, who was that man, why is that car moving as if someone is fucking in it”
“We can’t just stand here, we could get caught ”
His eyes scanned me and he pulled out a piece of paper from the pocket of his sweat pants and he slapped it on my chest. It was hard and painful.
He brushed past me, making sure to strike me with his elbow.
I winced as the pain spread through me and I watched him with disbelief.
When he was out of my line vision, I brought the paper up to my face, it was a printed note.
It was signed by me but I could swear that I had never seen it in my life.
I read the first lines and I gasped.