CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE
“So, you already talked to your aunt about what we found out yesterday or you still holding back?” Maeve asked Dylan that night as they both enjoyed the party, he had just gotten there and the party was lively, he wasn’t expecting a lot of people to turn up but Maeve was among the most beautiful girls in the school so he had no doubts why a lot of people showed up, it was a pool party, they were seated on one of the seats just across the swimming pull, Maeve was sipping on her wine while Dylan was taking a tusker cider, he did not want to get much drunk that night since Alicia’s birthday party was the following day and he did not want to have hangovers on her sister’s special day
“Yeah, I talked to her about it earlier today, it is not like I had a choice anyway did I?’ he asked her and she chuckled in response
“Of course not and why would you say that? she is your aunt and of course
CHAPTER TWENTY SIX“I don’t know why you keep treating me like I am your damn maid or some slut you just picked from the roadside, you slapped me you maggot stupid son of a bitch!” Alyssa shouted at Mike as he drove along the way towards Maeve’s pace, he wanted to drop her off before he could go and have time with his friends“Because you are, but my slut, you don’t get to talk to m the way you want Alyssa and you know that, the only reason why I am still talking to you is because I love you but otherwise, you wouldn’t be here yapping at me, that is not how things work my love, I get to order you around since I am the man and you know you can’t run away from me because I am you and you are me, we are destined to be together, and so will you adhere to everything I tell you, don’t you dare talk to me again like that or else I will be forced to snap that little head of yours from your neck so don’t try my patie
CHAPTER TWENTY SEVENAlyssa stayed at the place she made a stop for close to five minutes figuring out what to do, she was feeling pain all over her body it was when that she had started feeling the pain all over her body, the limping leg was hurting her so much and she then started feeling dizzy, she thought of calling Caitlyn but the n thought against it, she was probably in bed with some guy kissing the hell out of him or she maybe was making out with a random guy, she was not her best friend as compared to Maeve, Maeve had a pure heart, and Alyssa knew that she was a true friend but Mike never wanted her hanging out with Maeve and she sometimes wondered why her boyfriend loathed her friend so much, Caitlyn on the other hand was the one that Mike wanted Alyssa to walk with and be friends with, what she didn’t understand was why would he prefer Caitlyn to Maeve, she was now stuck in a bushy place, in the cold and in pain and she kept contemplating on who to call, she
CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT“What happened to you?” Maeve asked her the moment they arrived at the place Alyssa had instructed her, she was not that far from her house to go pick up her friend“It is a long story just take me to your place, I can’t go home like this, mom will freak out, my heat is aching and I really need to get some sleep, just take me to your place please “ she said as she tried to stand up but could not on her own, Dylan was just standing there looking at her and wondering what was going on, who had done that to her and when it hit him that maybe she was beaten up by her boyfriend because the last he checked she was with him, Maeve told him that the two had a date and that she was supposed to come to the party later and he knew that they will be with Caitlyn but seemed lime Caitlyn had her own plans, she was not even anywhere near Alyssa, she had gone with her boyfriend to his place and gave Maeve a lame excuse of her going to
CHAPTER TWENTY NINE“Can you believe that Mike slapped Alyssa yesterday, you know sometime I wonder what is always on the mind of some men when they slap women, I mean women are the most vulnerable human beings that should be respected ad not beaten up, and an the same time I am wondering why she was so defensive about him when I tried to say that she should report him, she got so mad at me and I had to withdraw my statement and it got me thinking, what is it that really happens behind these closed doors? Must be a lot that people are trying to hide just so they can escape the reality, it is a sad reality that we live in” Dylan said to his aunt the following day as he helped her arrange the living room, they were holding the party in the backyard of their house and a lot of people had already arrived and the kids were playing outside, Melissa had invited some of her friends from school and it was a surprise that she had made quite a lot of friend within the
CHAPTER THIRTY “So what do you think about my little sister?” Dylan asked Maeve as they were seated on the swings just outside where the party was going on, they had just cut the cake and the children were swimming while the others were just playing around, Aunty Sue was busy with her old friends in the living room and the two were seated on the swings outside enjoying the afternoon breeze, to Maeve it was the best moment of her life, she liked Dylan the moment she set her eyes on him and the more they spent more time together, the more she liked him and no doubt she was falling for him“What? Melissa or Alicia?” she asked oblivious“Alicia of course, she doesn’t even know what happened to mom, I don’t know how she will react when she finally has to get used to the fact that she will longer be part of our lives, she is way too young to understand anything and the fact that the man she lived to know as her dad is not her
CHAPTER THIRTY ONEAfter Dylan had given his younger sister his phone, the two stayed there watching the kids for a while before Maeve suggested to take him to her favorite place, it was a short drive from their place and she said that it was the place she always went to clear her mind when she was not thinking straight and she thought that it might be good to him or maybe it might help him also clear his mind if he wanted to and he did not say no bust first he had to tell his aunt of his whereabouts so he told her to wait outside as he went inside to talk to his aunt“Aunty Sue, can I talk to you for a moment?” he asked immediately he walked I the living room after saying hi to some of her friends who were still in the living room“Yeah sure” she said and stood up from where she was seated and walked behind him to the kitchen, “Is there something you want to talk to me about?” she asked immediately she got in the kitche
CHAPTER THIRTY TWOThis looks all calm and amazing and not to mention, very beautiful, just like you” Dylan said immediately the two stepped out of the car, and Maeve smiled, she had driven him to her favorite place, the place she always came to when she felt low and needed to calm down or clear up her mind“Yeah, I know although you are the first person I have brought here” she said and Dylan felt special, he knew Maeve liked him and he felt the same about her but the manner in which she was handling him was a clear indication that whatever both felt for each other was strong and to Dylan, he always felt loved and cared for when she was around, she took him to her favorite place, a place she had taken no one else before and that to him only meant that he was special to her“Oh really and how did you find this place, it look calm and very beautiful I mean it is just so amazing” he said as he walked towards the stream &nb
CHAPTER THIRTY THREE“Hey dad, what’s up?” she said on the phone, she was not expecting him to call because he said he was going to come the following week and usually he would call when he was at the airport“Hey sweetheart, I am at home and you are nowhere to be seen, I thought I’d find you here but you are not so where are you?” he asked and Maeve could not believe her eyes, she was excited and surprised at the same time because she was not expecting her father to come home so soon “You what? dad? Tell me you are joking dad, that cannot be true are you for real?” she asked excited and her dad laughed on the other end“Yes of course, I am at the house right now, so where are you?” he asked“I am with Dylan, at my favorite place, you remember the place mom used to take me while she was still alive” she asked“Of course I do remember