Jenalyn: Disconnected (#5) [Complete]

Chapter 93: Tyler

Wed. 3/18/09 • 2:11 A.M. PST

The air in Hayden's room is heavy. 

I can not wait for her to get here so we can hash this out, send the junkie home, and try to fucking move on with our lives. Between this, everything I have going on with Sophie, and the effect it's going to have on me and Hayden?

I'm losing my mind!

At least Evelyn has calmed herself down enough not to be the pain she was when she first woke up. I think the reality of her pending eviction must have set in once her uncle showed up because she's been real mum's the word since. Every once in a while I catch her awkwardly glaring at me, but it's easy to ignore her because Rob is quite the chatterbox. 

"So Hayden Gold, huh? You two still going strong?" he asks, following up the tons of questions he's already asked about the baby, the estate, and the ever so interesting lifestyle of a celebrity. 

I nod my head, trying to keep my face from showing my lack of interest in entertaining him much longer. "Yep, still strong!" I exclaim mindlessly. 

Rob nods too, pausing only for a moment before turning back to me. "Ah okay, that's good! That's good! ...Where is she anyway? Business trip? I just can't believe she'd trust that one to babysit! It must have been important!"

He brings up a completely valid question; What was so important that Hayden had to leave our daughter alone with an addict tonight? Part of me doesn't want to question it, but I can't help the jealous part of me from still wondering. I try not to let it show on my face for the sake of nosey Rob glaring at me expecting a response. 

I give him nothing. 

The guy must hate the quiet though, because after too long of a silence left between us he turns his attention to Evelyn.

"You've been real quiet over there, Ev," he says with a small laugh. Why the hell is this guy always laughing? "I hope I didn't scare you too bad, just popping up and all... I told you though! If you were coming out here, you needed to make sure you answer when I text or call you! I just knew you were up to no good when you hadn't answered all night! Thank goodness for this guy, eh? That baby would have been toast had he not shown! You too, Ev!" 

He turns back toward me for a second, a weird smile spread across his face. Who the hell says that? I really don't like this guy... He's got such a weird vibe about him. He's lucky that he's here to retrieve Ev or I'd kick him the hell out right now!

"So, did you lose it or something?" He asks after a moment, turning back to Evelyn with his face growing serious before he adds on. "Decide you wanted to try to get slick, and turn it off?" 

Evelyn's eyes narrow, and a look of question appears across her face. "No! No... I have it!" she exclaims, slowly but surely trying to pull her weakened body from Hayden's mattress. "Well I mean, I did before I took a bath! Hold on-" 

She makes her way to the bathroom, Hayden's tank top slipping down her her right shoulder in the process, exposing a large bruise I can't help but stare at in question. Did I do that to her trying to help her get out of the tub? Should I even feel bad if I did?

Ev emerges from the bathroom holding her phone, water dripping from it as she walks it across the room to toss at Rob.

"It was an accident," she says with an odd tone in her voice, almost as if she were about to cry. "Can we just go? Why do we have to wait for Jena when she's just going to yell at me and kick me out anyway? Let's just... leave Tyler here with the baby; All of this was an accident! We don't have to do this now!" 

I can't help but scoff, and am surprised when I hear Rob do the same thing beside me. She's crazy if she thinks she going to get out of facing her fate with Hayden! 

She endangered our daughter's life! 

"I don't think so, Ev," I say matter of factly. "It's time to face what you've done, it sucks, but it has to happen!"

Rob let's out a loud laugh beside me, then turns to face me with his eyes wide and brows raised. "This guy gets it!" he says with a huge grin. "This guy fucking gets it!"