Friends

CHAPTER 49.

*Maddy’s Pov*

I couldn’t move from my seat in the restaurant. Allred had to lift me up and carry me bridal style, but I could not stand to be anywhere near Jake, so I had asked Allred to take me back home to my father’s house.

I cried the whole way home when Allred had carried me in his arms. Jake got angry. “He had tried to take me from him so he could carry me himself.” I need time to cry through all the lies and emotions I am feeling.

Dad opens the front door before we even have time to reach it. By the look on dad's face, I know he was informed of the show that just happened. “El Gallo Negro has been ruined for me and I will never return.”

Dad steps back and allows Allred through the front door. He carries me up to my room and laid me down on my bed. He turned around and picked up the throw blanket I had folded at the end of my bed, then steps closer to me, “covering me with the blanket.”

Thank you Allred for bring me back to my safe place.

You are welcome, Maddy, but