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I glare at him, “I’d lose that temper if I were you. I’m not really in the mood for attitude, besides, my visit is mainly Brandon’s fault, so you can thank him.” I lean against the pool table, crossing my legs at my ankles and wrapping my fingers around the edge on each side of me, “I want to clear up a few things that should have been done a long time ago. Two years ago, someone told me a lie which made me take action against my best friend. Ella has suffered quite a bit by my hands, and for no reason at all, only because I was jealous after being lied to. Now that I know the truth, I'm going to do everything I can to make it up to her."
Brandon and Toby glance at each other as though they know where this is going.
“Ella is mine, so any harm done to her is a direct attack against me. Toby,” I glare at my ex best friend, “You know damn well what will happen if you try touching what’s mine. How about you let our buddy, Brandon, over here know what is at stake.”
“Look, man…”
I hold my hand up, stopping Brandon from going on, “I’ve seen the original video, Brandon. I heard everything you said to Ella,” I push myself away from the pool table, towards the two guys still sitting in their gaming chairs, “You try and proposition my girl one more time, or touch a hair on her head,” I glance between the two, “what I did to Toby will look like nothing compared to what I will do next.”
Brandon looks at Toby, “What’s he talking about? What did he do?”
“Did you not see our little friend here when he took time off from school. Oh, that’s right, he told you that it happened while boxing at the gym.”
Brandon widens his eyes at Toby, “You lied to me?”
Toby doesn’t say anything, just glares at me the whole time, while I smirk back at him. I think I’ve gotten my point across, so I walk back to the light switch and flip it back on. I then go back up the stairs, grab an apple from the kitchen island,toss it in the air before taking a bite,and then walk out the front door. Now, all I got to do is wait until Ella comes back home, so we can finally go on our first date.
Unfortunately, Ella continued to avoid me throughout the rest of break, and even through the first week back at school. I mostly walked through the halls trying to come up with ways to get her attention, but I never once saw her. I do know that she no longer meets with Mason, and I’m glad that she can at least obey me in that, but now I’m getting frustrated by her absence in my life, and my hand is itching to take it out on that little ass of hers.
I’m sitting at the table, finishing my supper with mom and dad when my mom brings up Ella, “I didn’t know that Ella graduated early, Jace.” I look over at her in surprise.
“Where did you hear that from?” Like I really need to ask, but honestly, I’m hoping she heard it from someone other than Elaine, so then it may not be true.
“I ran into Elaine this morning on my way to the store and she was telling me all about it. Friday was her last day of high school.” She reaches for the alfredo noodles, so she doesn’t notice the scowl on my face. Today is Sunday, so why am I just hearing about this, and why hasn’t she told me?
Putting my head down, I twirl my fork into the noodles, “No, I haven’t really seen Ella since Christmas, so I knew nothing about it.”
“It’s sad that the two of you are no longer as close as you used to be,” moms sighs, “Elaine and I always talked how we would be in-laws someday.”
My dad chuckles and rolls his eyes as he glances at me, “Your mother, always the romantic.”
“Oh stop,” she slaps his hand playfully, “is it too much to ask for a daughter-in-law that I already consider a daughter?”
“Whoa, mom, I haven’t even graduated yet. Why are you trying to marry me off?” I joke.
“I’m not,” she gets defensive, “I’m just saying, I’m sad that you aren’t close anymore, but I know how people grow apart, so…”
Nothing else is mentioned about Ella or the Baxter’s, so I finish my chicken alfredo and rinse my plate off before sticking it in the dishwasher. I go up to my room and log into the online Dom classes that I like to take, just to keep up with everything and make sure I don’t ever fuck up as I dominate over a sub. I don’t ever want to hurt Ella unintentionally. These are just more like refresher courses, but I think I may sign up for some more in-class sessions for more hands on experience.
I’m in the middle of reading about Shibari, the Japanese erotic practice of rope bondage, when my phone starts to vibrate. My forehead crinkles when I see the name on the caller ID, “Ella…?”
“Jace…” her voice cracks indicating that something is wrong.
“What’s wrong, baby?”
“Jace, can you come find me?”
“Where are you, Ella?” Find her? I don’t understand what’s going on.
“B-By the t-tree line on the c-curve into t-town.” She doesn’t sound like herself as she stutters out where to find her, “Please hurry...I hurt so bad…”
The line goes quiet, but I know the call is still connected, so I call out to her a few times, but still get no answer. Something is terribly wrong, so I grab my coat and keys and dash down the stairs, not stopping to say anything to my parents as I run out the front door. I drive faster than the speed limit until I get to the curve and have to slow down. When I get to the center of the curve, I see Ella’s car on the shoulder of the road, the trunk is wide open and the headlights are on. It isn’t until I get out of my car that I hear her car still running.
I run up to the driver side and look inside, finding nothing, but then I remember what she said. I turn the lights and the car off, and then head toward the tree line. I have no flashlight, so I pull out my phone and use that flashlight. I swing the light around while calling out Ella’s name, my heart is racing a mile a minute. It takes a little bit but I finally see a lump on the ground about twenty feet from me and I start running towards it.
“ELLA…OH MY GOD, ELLA!” I drop to my knees and lift her into my arms, but it only makes her cry out, “Oh shit, I’m so sorry, baby!” I try holding her gently as I lift my phone to call 911. Examining her mostly naked form, I begin to see red, and my body starts to tremble, “What the fuck happened? Who did this to you?”
“You came for me…thank you!”
