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I see no other option; I just hope Damien doesn’t end up hating me. Maybe I can lie and tell him I need to focus on graduation but want to see where this can go afterwards.
Jake is making himself dinner like he didn’t just turn my life upside down. He turns around to look at me.
“Have you decided? Mara will be back soon, and this needs to be done by then.”
To not alert him of my plan, I slowly walk over to him.
Our gazes lock and I say, “You win for now. I’ll stop seeing him, but just know, one day, I will get my revenge.”
I turn around, hoping to put this nightmare behind me when he speaks.
“We aren’t done yet. I need proof that you are breaking up with him. Send him a text saying that you don’t want to be with him, you don’t want to hear from him ever again, and that you are better off without him.”
I grab my phone and reluctantly type what he just told me to before hitting the send button that will seal my fate.
I just hope one day I can make things right, and I get a chance to explain what really happened. I hope he can forgive me and we can look back at this moment and realize how young and dumb we once were.
“Good. Now block him.” His tone is harsh, no hint of emotion laced in.
Looking up through tear-filled eyes, I see he is serious. His thin lips are formed into a thin smile, making him look like the villain he is acting like.
I click on Damien’s name and hover over the block button. If I go through with this, there is no going back.
What Damien and I had will disappear. He will hate me and possibly never forgive me.
He will eventually move on and so will I. Heart shattering and tears falling, I click the block button.
Well, there goes my happiness.
I grab my bag from the living room and shoving the pictures inside before turning off the television and heading to my bedroom.
Just as I am about to turn the doorknob to open my door, Mara bounds in with a huge grin on her face.
It is immediately replaced with worry as she notices my tear soaked face.
She drops her bag and runs towards me, wrapping me into a tight hug. “Shae, what’s wrong? What happened?”
I close my eyes, unable to see the worry swimming in hers. Shaking my head back and forth, I try to force all the memories from spring break and everything that’s happened since to the back of my mind where the long forgotten thoughts go.
“I don’t want to talk about it.” I mumble, hoping I can escape to the comfort of my covers.
Mara doesn’t let me go. In fact, her grip around me tightens.
“Shaela, what happened since you left me earlier? I thought everything was going to go fine.”
“Yeah, me too, but it didn’t. I’ve had a shit afternoon, and I don’t want to talk about it.” I say, hoping she will let me go and wallow in misery.
“Talk to me. Tell me what happened and we can work this out. If you tell me everything that happened, we can see where things went wrong.”
Her tone is comforting, and I want nothing more than to tell her, but I see Jake glaring at the two of us.
I shake my head as tears run down my cheeks. “No. I can’t Mara. I can’t talk about it. It hurts too bad.”
I leave it at that and let her think whatever she wants to.
“Trust me, talking it out always makes things better.” She lets out a sigh full of confusion and worry.
“I do trust you, but I can’t talk about it.” I say in between sobs.
