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CHAPTER 64
CARMEN
“Save me,” Jasper’s mother told me before sighing and sinking back into the bed as if nothing had happened. It suddenly felt as if the room had turned fifty times colder, making me completely uneasy.“Mariah?” I called, taking her hand and raising it to my cheeks. “Please just…tell me what exactly it is. I don’t know what exactly I’m supposed to be saving you from. Is it Jasper? Maybe Terri? Is it the drugs you’re taking that make you move once in a while?”There was no reply from her, save for her squeezing my hand to let me know that she was still there and listening to me. I knew it took almost all the energy she had to speak, but I really wished there was more I could work with.I tucked her in properly and walked out of the room, where I found Jasper standing with his back leaned against the wall and his hands folded.“Jasper!” I gasped when my eyes landed on himRelated chapters
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CARMENJasper collapsed on my body, rolling over until his back hit the bed and he was facing the ceiling as he took deep and satisfied breaths. I could almost hear the triumphant smile on his face with each breath that he took.“You said you would pull out,” I reminded him, even though I knew it was not going to lead to a place where I would be able to win the argument if it led to it. At the end of the day, he had done what he wanted, and I was the one left to bear it.My neck stung in the spot where he had bitten me on the neck, and it burned as if a fire had been lit on it and I was now living in the aftermath of everything that had happened.“I know, Carmen. I’m sorry,” he apologized, turning over to kiss me on the side of the head, but I was not having any of it, so I sto
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CARMEN“I really think it would be much safer if I just drove you and dropped you off. You’re making this harder than it ought to be,” Jasper argued with me that morning after I had just lied to him about why I was leaving for the countryside.“You just said you had a lot of work to do. I don’t understand why you would want to drive all the way there,” I argued, placing my bag over my shoulder and walking out of the house as he trailed behind me to the garden, where Terri and Mariah sat.“Don’t make a scene in front of them, Carmen. I’m going to drive you out of the state, and that’s final,” he said into my ear. “Maybe this time, I’ll find out what this aviation company is that you have been telling me about and I’ll hold someone accountable if something happens to you all the way in India.”“You know what? Suit yourself.” I raised my hands in surrender. “If you want to drive me, no problem.”I figured that I would find a way to lose him when we reached the stop that Dave had told me
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CARMENJasper walked towards Dave and I, causing me to instinctively shift away from where Dave stood. I could feel my heart try to get into my throat and rush out of my mouth to plop against the floor.“Did you know he was coming?” Dave asked me as Jasper got closer and closer.“Of course not,” I answered, clearing my throat and thinking of something to lie about that would be believable enough for him, especially since I had never mentioned Dave in any of this.“You forgot this in the car, so I turned around and followed the taxi you brought it over to you when you wouldn’t pick up any of my calls,” he said, handing me a small wallet that was supposed to be in my purse.“Thank you,” I said with a smile, foolishly expecting him to leave the building and not ask any questions. “I’m sure you have a lot of work to—”“Dave, what are you doing here?” Jasper went straight to the point, looking at Dave and ignoring me. “I thought it was a thing between Carmen and these people from an aviati
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CARMEN“I love you, Carmen.”My eyes widened at that announcement, and I could feel my heart rip to shreds at his words. It felt too different hearing it from him than it did when Jasper told me that he loved me, and that was the one confirmation that I needed – I loved him just as much as he loved me, if not more.“This is not me pressuring you to say it back or feel the same way, by the way. I just wanted to get it off my chest,” he reminded, but it was too late for that since I already felt enough and more to match what he had for me.“Shut up,” I laughed, shaking my head as he stared at me in confusion. I could tell that he didn’t know whether to laugh or not, and it only made me laugh even more.“You’re such an idiot if you really think I don’t love you as much as you love me, Dave.” I walked over to him, and he stood up to meet my eyes with a look that took my breath away. I wrapped my arms around his neck, and he pulled me closer to him. “I love you, Dave. I love you so much.”
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CARMENDave and I glanced at each other in immediate panic before scrambling out of the bed and trying hard to put on our clothes in record time.“Do you think Jasper followed us all the way here?” I asked as the heavy knocks came against the door once again, and Dave gave me a look that said he was just thinking the same thing.If it turned out to be Jasper, there was no lying our way out of it. We would be caught out, and everyone would know at a time that we didn’t even want them knowing, especially now that we had gone all the way to the countryside to have an affair with each other.Dave was the first to put his clothes on completely, helping me zip my dress up before we rushed out to the living room.“I’ll open the door. You can stay behind,” he told me, letting me stand a few feet behind him as he opened the door.The first thing that greeted us was the heavy wind that came from outside that we had been too engrossed in each other and our panic to notice. The couple that had ha
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CARMEN“Mom, is Jasper there with you?” I asked, glancing at Dave to let him know that something had gone wrong. He stood upright, setting his plate of pie aside and staring at me as I waited for my mother’s reply.“He’s not, but he did call earlier. He asked me about this aviation company that you said you were working with, and how come you never told me you were going to India?” I placed my hand on my face and rubbed hard with a tired sigh.“What did you tell him?” I inquired, knowing what the truth was without even having her answer.“I told him the truth, of course,” she answered, and I groaned and walked out of the kitchen as Dave followed me with his hand over his waist.“Come on, Carmen. You know better than lying with my name without telling me about it first. If you wanted to hide something from him, you should have told me about it. I would have helped you, but I was just as confused as you were,” she defended herself.I stayed silent for a moment, not sure what to tell her
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CARMEN“Jasper, please back away a bit, you’re scaring me,” I said as he started to head for me. I was actively thinking of how to get away from him if need be, but he placed the key to the door in his pocket.“You should be scared, Carmen. Do you have any idea how hurt and angry I am now that I know that everything you have ever told me has been a lie?” He narrowed his eyes, staggering until I got to the glass door separating me from the balcony. I didn’t want an altercation that would lead to someone’s life being in danger, so I did not open the door.“Why did you lie to me, and why did Dave help you with it? Imagine my surprise when I called your mother and she said she had no idea about it,” he slurred, given me a drunken laughter as he trapped me between his arms and the door. The bottle of alcohol was still in his hand, and I could smell every bit of it on his breath.“I did not lie to you, Jasper. Not in the way that you think,” I defended, but he was not buying any of it.“You
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CARMENWhen we finally got to Terri’s apartment, I collapsed on her couch as she pushed Mariah in. All my tears had dried out of my eyes, and I didn’t have any to shed anymore.“You can go take a shower in one of the bathrooms,” she said, pointing towards a door of one of the bedrooms, which I didn’t hesitate to stand up and head to.“That used to be Emily’s room before she moved out. She has some clothes in the closet that I’m sure she’s not going to pick up, so you can help yourself,” Terri announced before I could close the door.“Thank you,” I mumbled, abashed.I pulled my phone out of my purse as soon as I was in the privacy of the room, dialing Dave’s number and waiting impatiently for him to pick up the phone.“Carmen, are you alright?” he asked immediately after picking up the phone, and I had to take a deep breath to prevent my voice from getting shaky as I explained everything that had just happened.“I’m at Terri’s apartment; she’s the woman who takes care of Jasper’s mothe
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