Chapter 10
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CHAPTER 10
ALYSSA EDWARDS
The next morning, when I opened my eyes, two keen eyes were staring down at me from where I was laying. The moment my eyes found the person staring down at me, he quickly rolled off the bed and sat facing the wall with his back to me.
I looked around the room once again and sat up, wondering why Daniel had given me such a sharp turn but to my horror, I realized that I was naked. "What...what happened last night?" I asked with my voice breaking at this moment.
I tried to recall what had happened last night but my mind was blank. The only thing I remembered was going to Johanna's place for a dress. How did this...
"Daniel?" I called. Still, his naked back was the view I was getting from him.
His silence was killing me.
"I will let my driver drive you home. Alyssa. Take last night as another p*****t for scratching my car. I hope we never meet again, miss Edwards."
I could not believe my ears.
"What?"
Daniel sprang to his feet after pulling on some boxers and without even a turn towards me, he disappeared into the bathroom and I heard the shower been turned on.
The tears in my eyes could not stop falling. I refused to digest what was happening. Everything was happening just too fast and I refused to believe that Daniel who started as innocent and needing help was going to do such a thing to me.
I continued to lay in the bed, shaking with tears and trying to get myself to calm down but it was so hard. How did I come to this? What happened? What really happened?
The last thing I wanted to happen was to be told the second time to leave his house and so I threw the sheets off my body and tearfully searched for my clothes. Hurriedly, I threw them on and rushed out of the room before the shower cut off. Outside of the large house, I ran downstairs, and to my surprise, a young woman was leaning on the kitchen counter sipping something from a red mug.
"He's probably done with you, right?"
Her words surprised me a little bit and instantaneously, I found myself wondering who she was. Was she Daniel's sister?
Friend?
Or girlfriend?
I said nothing but deep down, I wanted to run out of the room for fear that she might see me break into tears at this point. Nevertheless, I stood there and watched her straightened with a smile on her face.
"He just wanted to be a little promiscuous after being with me for a while so I apologize on his behalf if you felt a little special for one or two nights."
I was shaking now. She was his girlfriend.
He had a girlfriend and he was pretending as if he had no one in his life who could pull out that stupid plan he had with his parents. If he had a girlfriend, then that means...
"I am Clara, by the way," she said and walked away.
Once I was out of his mansion, I realized how stupid I had been. I felt so dirty but there was little I could do. I couldn't stop crying. The guard only gave me a nod and said, "Miss, the driver is waiting for you over here."
I glanced at what he was pointing at and I saw the man standing beside a Chrysler waiting for me.
"No, no. I am fine. I can get home by myself. Thank you."
"No, Miss. Sir Daniel will be furious if he finds out that we allowed you to leave like this," the man said, referring to the short dress I was wearing right now. it was broad daylight and this dress was definitely not ideal for a nice Saturday morning.
Oh, so he cared, huh? "I am not going with that car and that's final. Please open the door for me." My voice broke with the tears that were welling up behind my throat and so the man ran and opened the small door for me to step out.
Luckily, a cab drove by and quickly hailed it and jumped in before I broke into tears again.
"Where are we going ma'am?" The cab driver asked.
"That hospital...That hospital down the road... " I found my voice and he started.
This was all Daniel was looking for, wasn't it? I should have known that guys like that would not want favors and I had been so stupid but I deserved it. Now everything was over and we could all move on with our lives.
The cab stopped in front of the hospital and I got down. I realized that I didn't have money to pay.
Luckily, Frank had been discharged and was walking out.
I climbed down and he was surprised to see me dressed like that.
But luckily he didn't ask any questions and he paid for the fare and hugged me. I cried into his shirt, hugging him tightly.
"Please, just hug me, Frank." My voice came out muffled.
We hugged for a while and he took me to a friend's place. I got to have a quick shower and change into some of his clothes.
I came out and he was having breakfast with his friend.
"Care you eat?" Frank offered.
"I'm not hungry," I mumbled, tucking my strands of hair behind my ear. I thought at least having a shower and scrubbing myself off the memories would make me feel any better but it didn't.
"Where did you go last night?" He asked jamming his bread.
"A party."
"Whose party was that?"
"You don't know them." I sat on the single couch by the glass window, hugging myself and looking outside, trying my best not to cry again.
"We'll be living here, for the time being, Alyssa. I don't want aunt to feed us again. I can now work and get us money. Once we have enough, we'll move out." He told me and I nodded.
That was good.
"I'll go back to get some of your clothes. Write down the things you want me to take for you. I'll go there tomorrow."
"Okay."
It's over. It's over!
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