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WINTER
When I wakeup from my nap, it takes a moment for me to gather myself. My head and body feel heavy and somehow, I still feel as tired and drained as I was before I eventually fell asleep. My body feels sluggish like it usually would when I take a sleeping pill to help me sleep.
I think back to the events of earlier and realize that Grayson must have slipped something into the water he gave me before he had me lie down. I’ll have to ask him about it later. I don’t know why he’d do that after everything I went through this morning.
Or maybe that was why he did it, because of everything that happened. He probably just wanted me to get some rest. That’s my best guess, but who the hell knows when it comes to these guys.
Grayson is kind of proving to actually be sorry for his past actions and I want to forgive him but it’s still too soon for that. Plus, I still don’t know if I’ll ever be able to ever trust him ever again.
He seems to be trying by literally getting into a fight with his brother which is something that has never happened. It could also just be a ploy to get me to trust him again, though I have no clue what that would do. How would me trusting him again benefit him? So many questions and no plausible answers…
Maybe they’re planning something and need someone to get close to me again? I still don’t know who was stalking me. For all I know, this Roman person could be nonexistent since I couldn’t find anything on him in my one Google search. I didn’t exactly have time to do more because I was in the hospital and all that. But now that I’m back home, I’ll have to make that a high priority to find a way to dig deeper into him if he exists.
I look out my window, seeing as Grayson left my blinds open and see that it looks like it’s late in the day. I finally look over at the clock on my bedside table and confirm its four p.m. Guess whatever Gray gave me worked really well because I slept most of the day away.
It’s for the best I guess because tomorrow is Monday and I need to get back to work, back to school, and look at everything I’ve neglected for the past few days.
I groan. I don’t even want to think about the mountain of work that awaits me. Looking at the side table next to my bed, I spot my phone. Damn, it’s been so long since I used the thing. I don’t have the capacity or even feel like getting out of bed anytime soon, so I move over and grab my phone before lying back on my pillows.
I power on my phone and once it’s on and connected to the service again, the buzzing is nonstop as all the missed messages come in. I have tons of missed calls, mails, and messages. Deciding to deal with the mail first because that might be the easiest, I respond to all the important ones before moving on to my messages.
I figured I’d deal with the phone calls last. I’m not really in the mood to talk to anyone right now. I see messages from all the girls, Riley included, and I’m surprised. I thought she still hated me. I message her back along with Avery and Luna, asking them all to come over.
They all reply asking what time and when I look back at the time, I see that it’s already five thirty p.m. Damn, I can’t believe it took that long to get through the mail and some messages alone. I end up telling them that seven is as good a time as any. It’ll give me a chance to shower and get some food into my system.
I haven’t eaten a proper meal in a while. I scroll down the rest of the messages and see one that says Unknown, and my heart skips a beat.
Oh no no no no! Please don’t let this be what I think it is…
Not wanting to look at it, but knowing that I have to, I open the message thread and dread instantly fills me with the contents of the messages. I knew this is exactly what I would find.
Unknown: Such a shame you were saved from that watery grave, don’t you think?
Unknown: I hope you didn’t think I forgot about you.
Unknown: Welcome back home, darling, I can’t wait to play with you again…
Unknown: image, image, image, image, image, image…
I gaspas image after image of me and things from the past few days show up through the messages. The first image is of me lying in the hospital bed in Aspen.
I try not to freak out, but holy fuck! Whoever this is was in my fucking hospital room in Aspen! They could have harmed me further but now I’m faced with more questions, wondering why they didn’t.
The next image is one of me outside in the parking lot of said hospital when I was trying to run away. More of me breaking down in front of Mason, shots of getting off the plane at the airport here, last night on the beach drinking, Grayson kissing me and so many more.
Unknown: You just can’t help being a little slut, can you?
Unknown: Don’t worry, I’ll be putting your slutty ways to good use soon.
Unknown: I’ll be seeing you soon, baby *winks*
By the timeI’m done going through this message thread, my hands are shaking. No, no, no. I can’t go through this again. I barely survived it the last time. I feel sick to my stomach at the thought of someone constantly watching me.
I didn’t even feel the stares this time and I realize how out of touch with reality I’ve been the past few days. Normally, I’d get that eerie feeling of being watched. I let out a sigh. I’ll have to be more careful and be more alert.
I can’t afford to be unaware any longer. I might also need to look into getting some bodyguards, though I really should have done that a long time ago. I’m scared to trust people now. You can’t really trust anyone but yourself. If the people closest to you can turn against you in an instant, what does that say about new ones who have no real connection to you?
I’m a billionaire and I don’t doubt a bodyguard could be bought if they were being offered the right amount of money. Loyalty means nothing to someone you don’t really know or care for. But now, I guess I have no other choice but to take a leap of faith and actually hire someone.
