Chapter 20


    I stare at Darcy in the doorway of my room, her arms are crossed over her chest and her dark bobbed


    hair is tucked behind her ear. Her eyebrow is raised as she uses me and suddenly it’s like all the air


    is kicked out of me, I bite down hard on the inside of my cheek trying to get my thoughts in order before


    I reply to her. Tyler would be so angry with me if another person has found out our secret. What if she


    tells someone and they take me back, what if Tyleres back and finishes what he started with


    Damien. My hand starts to shake, I feel them get mmy and wipe them on my sweater.


    “W... what do you mean?” I stutter and silently curse at myself. She shakes her head and leans against


    the doorway rubbing her forehead with her hand, sheughs humorlessly.


    “Do you think I’m stupid Ashley, honestly I’m surprised I’m the only one who’s figured it out. It''s not like


    you look all that different from the picture they’re showing on the news. You’ve lost some weight and


    your hair is a different color.”


    I can barely hear her speaking to me, the blood pumping in my ears is so loud it''s all that I can hear. I


    struggle to get my breath to slow down so that I can think straight. I wish Tyler was here right now, he’d


    know what to do with Darcy right now. Maybe I can call him and talk to him while Darcy is still here...


    “Darcy listens you don’t know what you’re doing.” I sound desperate but, I am... I need her to realize


    what she could be doing to me right now. If she tells anyone, if they take me back...someone could get


    hurt.


    “You know, I really thought that you were my friend... how could you lie to me like that?” I can hear the


    hurt in her voice, and it makes my stomach churn.


    “I am your friend Darcy...” She exhales a shaky breath, and a single tear falls from her eyes. She steps


    into the room and gets close enough to me she could touch me if she wanted to.


    “If you were truly my friend you were have told me.” Her voicees out as a sneer and I flinch away


    from her. I step away and try and get closer to the bed so I can grab my phone to call Tyler. Darcy


    notices and manages to get around me and grabs the phone before I can. She sits down on the edge


    of the bed with my phone in her hand


    . “Were you trying to call “Nate”, what could he do to help you right now?”


    “I just need to ask him what he’d do in this situation.” She looks down on the phone and opens it up, I


    stare at her while biting the inside of my cheek. I watch her click some buttons and lift the phone to her


    ear. I wait nervously, knowing exactly who she''s calling. I feel like my stomach dropped onto the floor


    behind me. I hear the person on the other line pick up and my legs start the shake. I hear his voice ask


    for me, Darcy crosses her legs and clears her throat.


    “Tyler...it’s Darcy.” My throat tightens and my body is filled with fear, I have no idea how he is going to


    take this and what he is going to do. The image of Damien lying on the floor right where I’m standing


    shes through my mind and I feel sick. I run towards the bathroom and barely make it before the bile


    rushes up my throat. I feel a cold sweat down my back, I lean back sitting on my legs and listen to what


    is being said from the bathroom.


    “I know everything, I don’t n on telling anyone.” Theres a pause as Tyler answers her, I walk towards


    the doorway and watch her as she listens to what he’s saying.


    “I am willing to keep quiet for money, we need it right now.” She nods again to what his is saying and


    sits up straight on the bed. She seems to be pleased with what he says over the phone. My heart races


    as she agrees and hangs up the phone. I step out of the bathroom and walk towards where she’s


    sitting on the bed, she hands me my phone and starts walking out of my room.


    “What just happened?” She spins around to face me and smiles as innocently as she can.


    “Nothing you need to worry your pretty little head about.” She pats me on the shoulder and walks


    towards our front door. Without another word to me she walks out the door and shuts it behind her.


    I feel so overwhelmed, everything just happened so fast I don’t know what to think. The room begins to


    spin, and I feel sick all over again. I race towards the sink in the kitchen knowing I’ll never make it to the


    This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?.


    bathroom. I throw up more bile into the sick, I grab my hair and hold it up. I don’t know how I have


    anything to throw up when I haven’t eaten anything today. I take a shaky breath and wipe my mouth; I


    pull my hair into a ponytail and wipe the sweat from my forehead. I need to get something in my


    stomach, I rummage through the cupboards trying to find a snack. I decide on a rice cake and a ss


    of water, I walk towards the living room and sit on the couch.


    The rice cake and water stayed down; theck of sleep is hitting me hard this afternoon. I walk into the


    bedroom and grab the nket I had earlier andy down on the couch with a pillow. I throw on the tv


    just for background noise and let my eyes close and try to rx into the soft cushions of the couch with


    the nket wrapped around me. The tv was switched on to some news channel, I didn’t want to put on


    something I would watch. I’m hoping the news channel helps me fall asleep, I need that release.


    The Novel will be updated first on this website. Come back and


    continue reading tomorrow, everyone!