"What?" I unwrapped myself from him fixing my eyes on his soft golden ones that gave off an innocent yet mysterious vibe.
"Yes I know that topic and I can gladly help you prepare for the test if you would let me. You can come over to my house and we could--"
"Um no, I can't," I quickly responded stepping away from him.
Why would he invite me to his house? Was he a kidnapper?
"Why not? Don't you want to pass the test?" he inquired, taking a step closer to me while I unconsciously took one back.
"No, it's my mom she would never let me plus you are a stranger," I reasoned.
"Don't worry, I would never hurt you, I just want what's best for you," he coaxed
"I'm sorry but I can't. See you around Mr uhhh---" I let the sentence hung not sure what to call him
"Jaycob. You've already forgotten my name?" He looked hurt for a moment but quickly masked up his emotions.
"Um see you around," With that, I walked off and thankfully he didn't follow me.
I reached home and to my surprise or bad luck, mom was already there, pacing around the porch, probably waiting for me.
I looked at my watch and it was just ten minutes past five, she always comes back home around six o'clock so why was she home early?
"Where have you been?" she seethed and my heartbeat drastically increased as I feared for my life.
"Um, I was---"
"speak up! Where the fuck have you been? School was over an hour ago! So where---" she stopped herself and scanned me from top to bottom and that's when I realized I was still wearing Jaycob's hoodie!
"Where did you get that?" she asked coming towards me and standing just a few inches away.
" um I--" before I could even explain, a hot slap landed on my cheek and it stung like hell!
"You little whore! You went to see boys didn't you?" she slapped me again and a lone tear slid down as I held my burning cheek
"Don't I give you enough huh? I provide everything for you and yet you still went ahead and sold your body you fucking little whore!" She slapped me again and I bite my inner cheeks, preventing myself from sobbing.
"Babe what's going on," I heard dad's voice.
When did he come back?
"What's going on? Are you seeing this? This ungrateful bitch has been whoring around. Look at her, wearing a hoody that I never bought for her and--"
"Victoria, where did you get that hoodie? Is what your mother saying the truth?" He sternly inquired and I made the mistake of shaking my head,
"Are you ---- are you calling me a liar?!" mom seethed grabbing me by the hair but dad quickly jumped in, freeing me from the crazy woman's clutches.
"Go to your room now, Victoria!" he harshly spoke and I ran into the house while I heard him tell her that it was okay and he was going to deal with me later.
I went straight to my room and lay on my bed crying my eyes out.
I couldn't understand why she didn't like me, what did I ever do to her?
If she despised me so much then why did she adopt me??
"Victoria," The door softly opened and I wiped my tears sitting up as dad walked into the room closing the door behind him.
I scooted closer to the wall hugging myself tightly afraid of what he was going to do to me.
He has never hit me before but you never know. People change
"Don't think much about what your mother said," he softly spoke sitting at the foot of the bed while I attentively looked on.
"I will talk to her and I promise she won't be rude to you like that again, okay,"
He scooted closer to me and kissed my forehead while I looked on wondering what suddenly changed. He always supported her so why the sudden change of heart?
"Have you eaten?" He asked caressing my cheek and I shook my head.
"Dinner will be ready in an hour, why don't you freshen up and come downstairs,"
He kissed my forehead again and after giving me a small assuring smile, he left.
Okay, what just happened??
Why is he suddenly a caring and nice father?
Brushing off the thoughts, I went and freshened up then went downstairs and sure enough, dinner was set, there was a variety of food that made my mouth water.
"Oh good that you are here," mom said in a happy cheery voice removing her apron while dad chuckled doing the same.
Both of them sat down while I just stood there watching,
"Come sit down honey,"
I cautiously sat down while keeping a close eye on the duo and wondering what was up with them.
"So your 18th birthday is coming up, have you made any plans to celebrate?" Dad asked and I shook my head slowly eating the food.
"Huh no problem, your mom and I will fix something up for you since I will be in town for a while, right babe,"
"Yes of course!" mom cheery responded, "we will make sure it's the day that you will never forget," she said it in a way that made me feel the wrong shivers run down my spine.
I looked at her and she had a look on her face that told me whatever plans they had were not good.
Thankfully dinner went by smoothly, I wanted to clear the table but they both stopped me and told me to go to my room and study while they finished up doing the dishes.
I did as told and went straight to my room, lying on the bed and trying to figure out what the two were up to.
"Victoria," I heard someone whisper my name followed by a stone being thrown on the window.
"Victoria," The person called my name again.
I got up opening the window and I was not expecting to see Jaycob standing there with a breath taking smile adorning his face. My heart beat skipped a bit when I saw him standing there, the glow of the moon shining brightly on his face.
He looked hot.
"What are you doing here?" I whisper yelled while he just smiled, beckoning me to go downstairs and meet him.
I looked at my watch and it was 8 pm. There is no way I was going out of the house at this time.
What if mom or dad randomly decides to come to check up on me and find I'm not in the room, then what? They will most definitely kill me this time!
"Are you crazy?! It's 8 pm, I can't!" I whisper yelled back and I saw him give me the puppy dog eyes, that made him look cute, and I couldn't help but stifle in a giggle.
An older man with puppy dog eyes? That's funny.
"Please," he pleaded but I shook my head.
I saw him slump his shoulders down. He gave me a thumbs up and walked off.
Seeing him walk off, my heart ached. For a moment I thought that maybe he would continue insisting or something like that but all well.
'I better get ready for bed,' I said to myself going to the bathroom
I brushed my teeth and after wearing my pajamas, I walked into my room and ----
"Ahhhh!!" A startled scream left my lips when I found Jaycob sitting on my bed waiting for me.
hhhh!!" A startled scream left my lips when I found Jaycob sitting on my bed waiting for me. He instantly stood up and looked towards the door and I did the same knowing full well that my parents heard the scream. The walls of this house here thin so no sound would go unheard, yes even the sounds of my parents ferocious activities. Their room was just next to mine. "Shit!" Jaycob muttered quickly run to my bathroom while I heard the hurried footsteps followed by the door bursting open revealing a worried looking mom and dad. "What's wrong? Are you okay?" Dad asked scanning my room followed by looking outside the window which was wide open. Knowing full well that I would get in trouble if I told them there was a guy hiding in my bathroom, I pointed at my beside table and lied, "I saw a lizard crawl under the bed," Dad raised an eyebrow and I nodded my head making sure that I was as convincing as possible, "It was scary and I -- I got scared," Dad looked under the bed while my m
"It's really good!" I complimented taking a sip of the hot chocolate while we sat in the twenty four seven cafe that was warm and cozy."I told you it's the best hot chocolate in the entire universe," he responded equally sipping his chocolate."Yeah it is. I think this will be my favourite cafe," I spoke up with a smile and he equally smiled,"Sure just don't come here without me alright, I want it to be our special place,""Okay I won't," I giggled lightly and he chuckled. He order some pastries too and even though I had a heavy dinner an hour ago, I couldn't help but dig in and and it was the most delicious pastry I have ever eaten in my entire life."Damn how come I've never been here? This food is soo good," I continued stuffing my face with the pastry until I heard a chuckle that stopped me half way from stuffing the last piece."What?" I asked eating the piece."Nothing," he sip his chocolate and I could tell he was trying to hide the smile he had on."Do I have something on m
Victoria pov"Beep beep beep!" I heard an annoying beeping sound.I groaned, covering myself up with the soft warm and fluffy blanket and the beeping instantly stopped.I let out a sigh of content but before I could continue my amazing sleep, the comforter was removed from my head and I heard a male voice say, "Wake up princess, you will be late for school,""Dad, five more minutes," I mumbled.I heard a light chuckle followed by someone kissing my forehead saying, "Even though I like the fact that you are in my bed and close to me, I would prefer you get ready for school else your mom will kill you,"The voice slowly registered in my mind and I startled awake, looking around the room only to discover that I was not in my room and it was someone else's room."What --- what---" I looked at Jaycob who was sitting next to me and I held the comforter tightly."We --- did --- did we ---- why are you ----," I stuttered, my heart beating loudly as the fear of being raped overtook my mind
"Huh?" I stopped what I was doing and looked at dad while swallowing hard. Shit! I'm screwed. "You heard me. I came to your room at 1am and you weren't there so WHERE THE FUCK WHERE YOU?!" He yelled and I flinched taking a step back. He took a step closer to me with his fists clenched, giving me murderous looks. The cold air in the room immediately became hot and I could feel myself sweating while million thoughts about how he was going to torture me, crossed my mind. "I -- I was here the whole time. I didn't go anywhere," I stuttered taking another step back while holding the towel tightly. "Don't fucking lie to me! You little whore!" He growled dangerously and I flinched at his tone taking another step back. He's definitely going to kill me. Oh Lord please save me! "You were with him right? Your little boyfriend?" He spoke the last word like it was the most disgusting thing ever. "I --- I don't know what you are talking about," I tried to explain but he stalked towards m
"Oh God vicky! Who was that guy?!" Wendy asked pointing at the spot where Jaycob's car was parked a minute ago. She was giving me that knowing look while wiggling her eyebrow at me. "He's just a friend nothing special," I brushed her off equally looking at the spot. A smile escaped my lips as I instinctively touched my cheek and remembered how warm and soft his hand was and that kiss. A gasp coming from besides me caught my attention, I looked at Wendy and she was smiling from ear to ear. "He's your boyfriend, isn't he? I knew there was something going on between you two! Yes my friend will finally get eaten!" "Wendy!" I covered her mouth as she let out muffled giggles while giving me that knowing look. "of course not! I've only know him for a few days and I've got no intention of sleeping with him!" She removed my hand from her mouth and said, "I know that look honey, and you can't lie to me, you are a terrible liar and most importantly, you wear your emotions on your sleeve
I sighed laying my head on the car seat. I wish there was an easier way to do this. How is she going to believe me and most importantly how can I tell her everything when I haven't even built trust between us. She will run away and never talk to me again the moment she knows the truth. Anyway, I will think about it when the time comes but right now, I need to pay old David a visit. I know Luna ma said I shouldn't reveal myself just yet but I will just give him and his wife a scare so that they don't mess with my woman again. I looked around the car and took out a mask. I got this mask two weeks ago when I started stalking my mate. Yeah I know stalking her was a bad idea but I had no other option. I didn't know how to approach her. She was just too beautiful and too perfect for a man like me, she's still perfect and I will make sure I give her the world once all of this is over. I will treat her like a queen the true celestial queen that she is. Putting the mask on, I drove th
I looked at him in disbelief while taking the pass from him.How can he drop the boom on me just like that, without any warning?!"Please do say hi to your mother for me and I hope and pray that your father will get better soon,""Um my my dad is in the hospital but---- who attacked him?" I asked sitting back on the chair as my legs felt weak.I don't like dad because of what he did to me this morning but that doesn't mean I would like to see him get hurt.And why would someone attack in broad day light? Did he perhaps cross paths with a mafia boss or something? Wait that's not possible, this is the real world. There is no such thing as the mafia."I'm sorry Victoria, would like me to drop you off at home?" The principal offered and I shook my head getting up from the seat."Thank you, I will be on my way now, "Without another word, I left the office closing the door behind me.I stood there looking at the pass in my hands while thinking about this whole thing.Did they really get a
Yes that must be it. I remember he was extremely upset when I told him about what dad did and he seemed like he was going to take revenge. But again, he did say he wasn't going to hurt him but then he's the only suspect in this case. 'I need to go by his house and ask if he's behind my dad's beating.' After I was done making food for lily and after I fed her, I put her on my back and walked over to Jaycob's house. It was a fifteen minute walk away from my house and by the time I reached there I was extremely tired especially since lily was on my back the entire time. Reaching his apartment door, I knock on the door and a few seconds later he opened it. "Ria what a wonderful surprise!" he said his eyes wide with surprise and I squinted mine while giving him the worst glare ever, not even bothering to say hi. I know I'm not suppose to give him a cold shoulder but he's a suspect right now! "It was you, wasn't it?" I asked crossing my arms. "What?" He asked looking like he was