Total pages in book: 15
Estimated words: 13717 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 69(@200wpm)___ 55(@250wpm)___ 46(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 13717 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 69(@200wpm)___ 55(@250wpm)___ 46(@300wpm)
I ran to the building in the grips of such fear as I've never known before in my life, the message hadn't said what the problem was but it didn't matter, whatever it was couldn't be good.
The hallway was packed with students, I had to make my way through the throng to reach Isabella who was standing in front of her locker with a shocked look on her face. It was a testament to the fact that I only had eyes for her that I still had yet to ascertain what all the commotion was about.
"Isabella?"
She turned the saddest eyes I've ever seen up to me as I clasped her shoulders, before face planting into my chest and bursting into tears.
"I guess it's true then."
I heard a snicker behind me followed by laughter.
What the fuck?
I looked around for some idea as to what the hell was making her act this way and then I saw it, my vision literally blurred and I felt real violence rise up inside me.
Across the front of her locker in huge red letters were the words ‘brother fucker’. Three guesses as to who did the dastardly deed.
I found her in the back of the crowd with her little clique, the things I wanted to do to her right then would land me in prison for a very long time, but right now Isabella came first, she couldn't stay here.
Just then her friend Pamela came forward and offered a hand.
"I've got her Pamela, I'm taking her home."
There were a lot of comments made as we made our way past our peers and out to the parking lot. I waited until we were seated in the safety of my BMW before trying to quiet her tears.
"Baby look at me."
"I can't, it's so embarrassing, now everyone knows and they hate me, I knew she would do something mean but not like this."
"Isabella let's go home okay, we'll talk more there, I have to figure something out about your car."
"No that's okay, I can drive."
"Not on your life, I'm not letting you drive in this condition, I'll have one of the guys bring it after school, as a matter of fact...." I pulled out my phone and called Justin, he answered on the first ring.
"Justin I need a favor."
"Anything bro, we're already taking care of the locker but there isn't much we can do about Maddy's mouth unless you want us to close it for her."
"Later, right now I need you to bring Isabella's car home after classes, you need to come out here and get the keys." I reached out my hand for the keys as she searched her bag for them, poor thing was a sobbing mess.
I ran from the car and met Justin at the door before heading back to her.
Chapter 10
She was too quiet all the way home, I have to admit I had no idea what to do right now. It's as though all my emotions were tied up, my mind was going in fifty different directions at once, there was no way to contain this in a small town like ours, which meant that pretty soon it'll spread from one end to the next, which means I have to tell our parents soon before they heard it somewhere else.
While all this is going through my head, Isabella is curled up in the fetal position doing her rocking back-and-forth thing while making the most pitiful sound I've ever heard.
It reminded me of a kitten I'd found once who'd gotten separated from her mom and siblings, the poor thing had whimpered and cried until they were reunited.
Rachel was the only parent home when we got there, I know Mondays are a little less hectic for dad at the hospital, so I put in a call to him asking him to please come home at his earliest convenience.
Rachel being her usual negligent self didn't seem to find anything wrong with us being back home at this time on a Monday morning.
She stayed busy in her crafts room while I carried a listless Isabella to my room. As I made to lay her on the sofa she suddenly grew extra limbs and clung to me as if for dear life.
"Ssh, ssh, I've got you, I'm not going anywhere." I brushed her hair back gently with my fingers.
"I want to die."
"Isabella no, don't talk like that, this isn't as bad as it seems, in a few weeks this will all blow over, I know you don't believe that now but it's true, we've both faced worse things than this and survived, we'll survive this too I promise."
"What did we survive?" She sniffled and wiped her eyes as I cuddled her close.
"Your dad, my mom, these things are important, Maddy's little campaign doesn't even compare, she's just jealous and hurt because I chose you, you didn't do anything wrong, neither did I, so we don't need to feel any guilt and if we did it should be me not you, I wish I could take away your hurt but you know what... I don't feel bad, I'm glad that they know."