I’m pretty sure we’ll be staying here for the rest of our lives since their compound has been set in such a way that no one has to leave home. His sister, who spends most of her time travelling with her husband has been calling almost every day to talk andreading between the lines I learned that she too knew about my feelings for her brother.
I thought I’d done a good job of hiding my true feelings all these years only to find out now that everyone knew and I was just a great big clown, even though they all bend over backwards to assure me that I’m not. It’s still embarrassing as hell.
I’ve still been keeping up with the news about Dale and Charlotte though that wasn’t as exciting as I thought it would be. Maybe if Julius and I hadn’t become a thing things might’ve been different, but I’m too wrapped up in my new relationship to care much about my past mistake.
I’ve been dodging Dale’s calls until things went in the right direction, but now it was time to let him know just who had screwed him over. I can’t do that here though, because James Bond Jr. might have this place bugged so I’ll have to wait until I’m home tomorrow to return his one-hundredth call.
That was the plan anyway, until I got a text from him accusing me of setting my new man on him and destroying his life. I had no idea what he was talking about. Julius never even mentioned him to me, and there was no reason for him to go after him.
I waited until Julius was in the shower to make the call because I was dying of curiosity. “What do you want?” I asked as soon as he answered the phone.
“Do you have to be so mean? We were together for years after all….”
“You can stop right there, just tell me what that message was about.” Just like a chameleon he is he flipped the script before I could blink.
“You know damn good and well what it’s about. What did you tell him?”
“Who are you talking about?”
I’m pretty sure he has no idea who Julius is. They’d never met before that night at the restaurant and don’t move in the same circles. “Yor man. First he threatened my mother and now he’s had me blacklisted and ran out of town.”
I sat up straight and looked at the closed door. What the hell has he been up to? “You’re not making any sense, who is running you out of town?” Did my dad do something? He and Julius have had a few closed-door meetings of late but I thought they were discussing business. Where did this one come in?
“Don’t play innocent with me. Did you have something to do with Charlotte losing her job?”
“As a matter of fact I did.” He didn’t speak for a good few seconds. Almost like someone won knew the answer but was still shocked to learn it was true.
“How could you do that? Why are you such a vindictive bitch?” Now it was my turn to keep silent. “When did you find out?” His voice changed once again. How did I never realize that he’s nuts?
“Does it matter? What matters is that I did and you’re a liar and you both deserve what’s coming to you.”
He ranted and raved about me being childish and claimed I should have come to him to talk things out before just leaving the way I did and cutting him off without a second thought. “You’re not worth it.” Well, that just pissed him the hell off. I’m not sure what he expected me to say; he was the one who cheated after all.
“Is that all you called for? I need to go ask my fiancé what he has planned for you and see if I can get in on the action.”
“You bitch!”
“Your mother!”
“Have you fucked him?”
“Every day since I left your place.” I snickered in his ear and held the phone away when he started screaming.
“Were you seeing him while we were together? And you have the nerve to judge Charlotte and me?”
“You wanna know the truth? He’s my one and only true love.”
I knew those words would eat away at him like a canker sore because he prides himself on being a great catch. “He’s the reason I never let you touch me.” Well, that did it. I didn’t know grown men could make that sound.
“Are you done? My honey bun doesn’t like me talking to other men for so long, so get whatever you have to say off your chest because this is the last time you’ll ever hear my voice.”
“You think this is over? It’s not over. I’ll make you pay for this, for stringing me along all this time and for destroying my life. You’ve made me redundant in my own hometown; no one will hire me. I bet you’re the one who spread the news about me losing my job and making it seem like I had something to do with what Charlotte did.”
“You can think whatever you want? Is that it? I need to go join my man in the shower. In the future, try not to be such a scumbag.” I hung up the phone during his rant.
JULIUS
I was aboutto head back into the room when I overheard her conversation. I hadn’t planned on telling her that I’d had him blacklisted since they had no reason to ever meet again in this life, but I guess the cat was out of the bag.
