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Just as it feels like my soul is leaving my body, my laptop rings letting me know I have a FaceTime. I don't want to answer it, but I know who it is. Only my brothers face time me, and if I don't answer they are just going to keep on calling.
I suck up my emotions and use my blanket to wipe my face. I fan my hand in front of me, trying to cool down, when the FaceTime ends, and it instantly starts ringing again.
"Shit."
I glance at myself in the mirror and I look as normal as can be, only a little redness on my cheeks. Hopefully, with it being so dark, they won't be able to tell.
I grab hold of the laptop and press the accept icon, only to see the five of them on the screen.
"What are you doing this late at night, not answering your phone?" Tyson says playing around.
"I bet she's making popcorn or something like that." Eric laughs, "You didn't say anything about the hair do... is this good enough for..." Eric stops talking, as do the rest of them.
Ivan gets closer to the screen, his eyebrows cinching in. "What’s the matter, Nyla?" He asks, his voice hard.
"Nothing. I was just about to go to bed." I lie.
"Bullshit." Aiden croaks out, "You're crying." He snarls.
"Why are you crying?" Finn asks.
"What's going on?" Tyson says.
"Guys, it's fine. I'm fine." I say trying desperately to keep up the facade.
"Nyla, what is it?" Ivan asks,"We're your brothers, you can tell us anything." He says and I shake my head. My fight against the tears weakening by the second.
"Nyla, please." Eric says, and the worry in his voice is the final straw. I press a hand to my face and break down, crying hard over the sound of my brothers begging me to tell them what happened and who did it. I carry on for a long time until all they do is soothe me through the line.
I wish they were here. It's been a long time since I felt this alone. I wish I were home in the arms of people I knew for sure loved me. I just wish none of this had ever happened. I wish that Nic Dracos never came into my life and stole my heart when he walked back out.
25
nic
It lookslike the good times have come to an end.
Things have completely changed from what they were overnight. There are no more sweet touches or heated glances. I went over this morning to pick Nyla up for work as had become our routine, but she'd already left before I got there. She's been going out of her way since this morning at work to keep things strictly business, not staying in any room with me long enough to ask her what happened.
I'm more stressed than I have been in weeks, and everyone is feeling the brunt of it. It's only been a few hours, but I miss her, and I shouldn't.
She's leaving. She's still seeing other men, and it's obvious from how she's acting this morning that whatever novelty she had trying to get under my skin is gone.
What we had over the past few weeks meant nothing to her.
I want to pull her in the room and beg her to talk to me, but I don't. This is probably for the best. This way things can start to go back to normal. The only problem is, if this is normal, I'm going to go out of my mind.
I'm surprised when I see Tripp walk back into the clinic. He usually comes to visit when he has a layover here, but even this is more than usual.
"What the hell are you doing here?" I snap at him, and he pulls back with a cringe on his face.
"Eww, what the hell crawled up your ass?" He asks, and I roll my eyes, walking away. I don't want to go into this, but I'm actually relieved that he's here. I need to talk to someone, and my go-to person is acting like she'd rather fuck a leper than be in the same room as me.
Tripp follows me to the back, where my office is, and he closes the door when he gets inside.
"What the hell is wrong with you, bro. You look like you're about to lose your shit." He asks, but this time there's no laughter in his voice.
"I followed your stupid advice, that's what's wrong with me. I gave in. Nyla and I ..." My voice cuts off, and I squeeze my eyes shut. "She doesn't want anything more to do with me, and now I feel like I'm going out of my mind. I tried to open up, she had me laughing and happy, and now she won't even fucking look at me. "
