CHAPTER EIGHT | UNEXPECTED VISIT
1852 Words
Wendy POV
I'm preparing coffee for Damian when my phone rings. I respond quickly and return to the coffee.
"Hello?"
"Hi bae! How are you and the little peanuts?"
It was Adrian who had called. I hadn't talked to him in a little while, considering everything that happened. I deserve a bad conscience.
"Adrian, I'm really sorry I haven't heard from you! It's just been so much that the café went bankrupt and a shock-high rent and-"
"Babe! Breath. It's okay, Mrs. Colt filled me in on everything. What I really wanna know is if you're feeling okay with everything? I'm worried about you."
"I'm okay. I promise. It's been a little too much in a short time only, but I'm happy about how things have evolved."
I started preparing a colorful breakfast with eggs, fruit, bacon, sandwiches and more. Damien deserved a good breakfast when he was this kind to me.
"Oh! You got laid didn't you?!"
"What? No!"
"Come on girl, you need to get a real good f**k to let all the bad things go away."
"That didn't work so good last time, did it?"
"Hey! Don't talk s**t about my peanuts, atleast this means that you got laid... So, who are you living with?"
"I'm living here TEMPORARILY at Damien's place."
"Oh girl, get some!"
"Oh dear god, you are hopeless! It feels like I'm talking to a wall."
"Maybe he can be your new baby daddy?!" he yells happily in the phone.
"Okay, shut it Adrian! No new baby daddies here okay? No, he's just a kind soul who let me stay here until I get back on my feet."
"What's his boxer size? Do you know how big his di-"
I hung up on the phone with a loud sigh. There's something seriously wrong with my best friend.
"So, new baby daddy?"
I shrieked at the sound behind me and threw the spatula at him.
"Ouch, what the f**k?"
It was Damian standing there. Oh god I just assaulted my boss!
"I'm so sorry! You scared the s**t out of me, it was just a reflex."
He laughed at me with a hint of mischevious in his sparkling eyes. Sparkling eyes, really Wendy? Snap out of it!
"I made us breakfast." I said in an attempt to change the subject.
"Time to switch subject?" he said smirking.
"Yes it is!" I exclaim embarrassed.
He laughs heartily and sits down at the table. His eyes go wide when he sees the food I prepared.
"Wow. You didn't need to do this. You're pregnant."
"I'm very well aware of that, I can still cook though."
"You shouldn't overexert yourself for me."
"This isn't overexerting, it's simply breakfast."
He looks at me doubtful and I roll my eyes. Since he is stubborn with this, I pick up his plate and filling it with all sorts of food before I put it down in front of him. The doorbell rings and I go to open, I already knew who it was.
"Did I miss breakfast?!" says Jaxon anxiously.
"No, you didn't. I just finished it, go and sit down."
I close the door behind him and sit down beside Damien. Jaxon puts up a lot of food for himself while I stick to a little bit. It makes the others look at me worried, probably wondering why I didn't eat anymore.
"I can't eat much this early in the morning without getting morning-sickness. Only Captain crunch can help with that." I explain while stuffing my face with strawberries.
No one says anything after that, thankfully. We just sit there together in silence and eats the food I prepared.
"How does it feel? Your first day on monday and all." says Jaxon interested.
"I'm really looking forward to it actually."
"I don't understand how you can be happy about working, it's boring..."
"Well, your paycheck isn't boring, now is it?" Damien asks his little brother.
They continue their banter while I answer my ringing phone. I don't recognize the number
"Hello?"
"Wendy! Finally!"
My body stops and freezes. No, no, no! It can't be him...
"What the hell do you want?!" I scream.
Damien and Jaxon have stopped what they were doing. They are watching me closely in an attempt to figure out what happens.
"Come on, don't be like that..."
"Don't be like what?! Do you wanna know what you have done to me?!"
"Pray, tell, what have I done?"
"I started to see the light, but now it's turned black. Everything changed for me over one night. My tears always flow down and I feel so weak. The only question I'm asking is " why me?". Now it's too late, nothing you can do about. I can't think of anything else, it just hurts so bad and now I feel a great fear inside. I'm worried about how everything's gonna be. Can I do this? In that case, it takes time. I try to be strong and fight on, for better days will come, I'm sure. But everything that has happened, I have a hard time dealing with, I feel like I can't take anything more. I've already had enough after everything I've gotten through, how much more should I have to fight my way through? You feel no remorse or pity at all. A man like you has a heart that is cold. I'm not gonna lose, I'm gonna make sure you go to jail so you can't commit the same crime once more. The hard part now is waiting for whether there will be a trial or not. I hope you suffer and that the time of punishment will be long. Because you have nothing in society to do, when you are so damn evil and just want to destroy. Congratulations, because you managed to destroy me completely. I want to be able to move on and get my joy of life back. It feels hard, but I know I'm gonna make it eventually. Long till it's all over and I can finally get closure. I can do nothing but be grateful to everyone who was there, I would never have done it all by myself. I take one day at a time and make the best of it, with the hope that I will be able to see the light again. This is how you made me feel. We have nothing more to say to each other, Jake. You ruined my life. I sincerely hope that you suffer until your last breath, do not call me anymore, because I can't take this." With those words and tears in my eyes, I hung up on the phone. My whole body is shaking. Jaxon and Damien don't say a word. They just stare at me, probably confused over what the hell just happened. I can't say that I blame them, I've kept almost everything about myself a secret for so long. I no longer know how to trust others with the truth. I give them a side-glance and Jaxon walks up to me. He helps me to the couch and sits down beside me. I sob into his shoulder and I can't seem to stop the tears. It feels like my whole world is falling down infront of my own two feets. It takes a while for me to calm down and be able to breathe normally. Jaxon keeps holding me like a big brother. In the end, Jaxon asks:
"What happened? I know that you don't want to talk about it, but we need to know. Otherwise, we can't protect you."
"It started with when I caught Jake cheating on me. It was the same night I was going to tell him that I'd have gotten pregnant. After that, I ran away. He was screaming for me to come back, but I ignored him. I never should have... He soon found me and hurt me real bad. I've told everyone who asked me that I didn't know who raped me, but I do. The man who raped and tortured me was my ex, Jake. He had hurt me from and to during our years together, almost every time it was after he cheated and I tried to get out of there. There is no one else in the whole world who would stay and carve such terrible things into my body. The last time I managed to get away from him and have never talked to him since. The biggest reason he was mad at me that night he raped me was because I had s*x with another person. It was just to show Jake how it felt to be betrayed over and over again. I don't remember his name or what he looked like, I was too drunk for that. After I told him I had s*x with someone else, he went insane and yes... The rest you already know about." I said with a tear slowly falling down my cheek.
"I'm sorry, Aleida. No one should have to endure such pain..." Jaxon said.
"I'm just curious, how do you know that it was Jake's babies?" Damien suddenly asked.
"I know that it isn't his babies."
"How come?"
"We always used condoms. The only time I was unprotected was that one night stand with the random dude at "Geffrey's"." I answered, waving my hand casually.
"Geffrey's?" Damian asked, he looked pale.
"Yes, in a utility closet in the back. Best s*x I've ever had by the way. I'm going to lay down for a while." I said and rised from my seat, a much needed nap awaited me.
Damien POV
I looked at her until I couldn't see her anymore. Geffreys, utility closet.
"Dude, are you okay? You look like you've seen a ghost or some shit." Jaxon says.
"I was just thinking."
"About what?"
"We have to protect her Jaxon. If Jakes thinks those babies are his, then he won't hurt them or her. But if he finds out that the babies isn't his..." I trail off.
"He probably would hurt her until she suffered a miscarriage." Jaxon said nodding his head.
"By the way, what are the odds that I hooked up with the Amber chick at the same place as Wendy?"
"Yeah, that's crazy. Have you talked to her since then?"
"Nah, I bought her a drink and then she got a call. I went looking for her after that but she'd disappeared."
"Huh, weird."
"Not really, maybe she had a boyfriend or some sort of emergency she had to take care of? Who am I to judge? She was amazing to have s*x with though."
"No need for details dear brother." Jaxon said, looking like he was about to vomit.
"We have to eat up the food or it's going to get bad."
We sat down again and started eating. My thoughts were running wild inside my head. What are the odds that we had a one night stand at the same place? I didn't see her that night though. She looks beautiful, I would have easily spotted her. Maybe she was there, but I was with Amber so... Then it hit me.
"Jaxon, can you look up Wendy on f*******:?"
"Sure thing." he said and started searching. It didn't take long before we found her. I snatched the phone out of his hand and looked at her pictures.
"Fuck..." I said low.
"What? What is it?"
Before me on the screen was the most beautiful woman I've ever seen and it's "Amber".
"Wendy is Amber." I said slow.
He looked ultimately shocked.
"But that means..."
"Those babies Wendy carries, is mine."
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