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“Gemma, don’t leave,” he whines, still coming towards me even though it’s clear that I don’t want him to. “Once you walk out of here it’s going to be different to get things back on track like they were.”
I spin around and let the flames in my eyes show him how serious I am. “Daniel, I don’t ever want to see you again. There is no going back to how things were. We are done here. You have fucked things up, don’t you realize that? This…” I wave my cell phone angrily at him. “This has pushed things over the edge.”
He says some more, I can hear him, but I storm out of his front door and smash it behind me with every bit of force that I have. It’s probably a bit childish but I need him to understand this time that it’s done, that me and him truly are over. There are some things that I can forgive and move passed but lots that I can’t, and this is one of them. He has absolutely trashed my life and there is no way to recover from that.
“Eve.” I’m weeping hard by the time that my friend picks up the phone. “I need you.”
“Where are you?” She doesn’t sound surprised. She must have seen the video as well which is embarrassing as all hell but also means that I don’t have to explain myself which I suppose is a plus.
“I have just left Daniel’s house. We were together last night. I didn’t know…”
My voice is raspy, my chest aching, I feel like I am falling apart at the seams. I can’t hold myself together for another second longer. If my friend doesn’t hold me up then I am going to lose my shit.
“Don’t worry, I am on my way. You just hang tight and I will see you in a moment.”
I let her know the name of the street that I am on but that’s about all I can get out before the sobs get to me. Eve stays on the phone as she drives towards me and keeps talking to me even though I am saying nothing back. I’m sure that she is going to have a lot to say about my secret hook ups with the enemy, but for now I know that she will be a good enough friend to just take care of me. To make sure that I am okay. I just hope that she has some advice for me with regards to the video as well because I have no idea what to do about that. I don’t know how I will stop it from ruining my life, so I pray that Eve does. I need her more than I have ever needed anyone before.Chapter 13 – Daniel“Boss.” Rebecca knocks on my office door looking anxious as hell. Mind you she has had that expression on her face ever since the video was released online earlier in the week. Everyone in the office has which only makes me feel worse about everything. I feel like I have really fucked things up here. “Sorry to interrupt again but I just want to let you know that we have had another call about ending a contract…”
My head hits the desk hard as I feel like my life is crumbling around me. A sex tape is never fun, especially when it isn’t one that you have published yourself, but I never thought that it would end up like this. With me losing contracts left, right, and center. It leaves me wondering what is happening with Gemma, but I can’t find out because she has completely blocked me from her life totally. It must be a mess though.
“Okay, and are there any more articles being published? The business media are feral about this.”
I know why as well, because it’s a good story of enemies being sneaky and screwing around behind everyone’s back. It’s a ridiculous, sordid tale that they have turned in to something massive. I suppose it’s more interesting to the reader than the rise and fall of interest rates, but I hate the fact that it’s all about me.
“Er, I don’t think that’s something you want to know, Boss. Best to just leave it.”
“What do you mean?” I rise my eyes to look at her, but she won’t meet my gaze. “How bad?”
“Just keep away from it, that’s all. Don’t worry about it. We have enough to do around here. In fact, I should probably get back to it now because my phone is ringing off the hook. I have to…”
“Yeah, sure.” I smile thinly. “Thank you, Rebecca. I appreciate everything that you are doing.”
“Just… keep off the Internet.” She slides out of the room. “Keep focused on work.”
But of course, as soon as she goes, I am online looking up what’s next. It’s awful, as usual, dreadful about both me and Gemma which is upsetting, but I mostly worry about her. Even though my life is messy and crumbling apart, I am worried about how this is impacting on her as well. How sad she must be. She was gutted as she walked out of my house on that day when the video was first leaked, angry at me, and hating the world, and I can only imagine that has grown and expanded by the moment. Since it hasn’t immediately died, it must be hard.
