An Inconvenient Attachment

Chapter 31

Alec pov
"Thank you for helping," Mrs.Johnson, Alice's mom remained stoic. With half eyelids, "Leave." She said it coldly.

I see... She took advantage of me. But I guess I can't complain though can I?

Walking out of the house to the front lawn, I heard soft padding behind me. Someone was running to catch up. I quickly turned around to see Alice. And my body went into a numb state, it felt paralysing to even talk to her. My hands grew cold and sweaty. A symptom of feeling anxious. But it wasn't the type of feeling that gave me butterflies.

She softly smiled, "How have you been?" Her pale skin hinted to me that she was still sick and her low energy is probably because of the meds she was on.

Guilt, my heart was filled with guilt. For the love of goodness's sake, I couldn't speak at all. I felt sick to my stomach. Flashbacks of last summer came flooding through my head. I remember feeling this gushing pain that I have never felt before. A type of pain not from blunt trauma but rather caused psychologically. And it was slowly coming back. My breath started slightly picking up.

"Cat got your tongue?" She tilted her head with a soft, weak smile and both of her hands at the back. A giggle escaped followed by soft coughs. Her hand came up to cover her mouth.

I wondered if her lungs were still in bad shape. The question to ask whether she was doing okay now, got stuck in my throat. It felt so paralysing. My whole body didn't have the react mode on anymore.

"You used to be all this arrogant and cocky dude," she softly chuckled. "What happened?"

Right... I remember my repressed memories of last summer break. My throat was in pain from all the yelling and my head felt like it was going to burst. I remember almost throwing up and struggling to get on my feet to run towards her body.

It was a wobbly run but I managed to get to her body on time. She was coughing up blood with her eyes shot open. It was heart wrenching to see someone I cared so much about was on the verge of dying right in front of my eyes. Could I have always vividly remembered this?

The way her voice gurgled out my name. I remember yelling out loudly to call 911. It was that stupid drunken face that angered me so much. That bastard Seth was drunk driving. The light was fucking red on his end and he still decicded to fucking speed through it.

The guys and I had just gone on a fun little heist. Everyone else went home but Colin and I decided to detour. Alice never liked that part of me, sneaking in and exploring restricted areas.

She was chasing after me to catch up and lecture me again like her usual self. When it came to lecturing me about it she sounded pushy and I knew that was just her trying to be caring, so I never really minded it. While being on the opposite side of the road, I hadn't noticed her till a loud thud caught our attention.

My head snapped to the sound and it was hard to process it at first. Once it registered in my head, adrenaline kicked in. I ran to her, I almost didn't recognise her until I saw the bracelet I had gifted to her on her wrist.

Tears flowed out my eyes and I had almost completely lost my mind. I was shaking, everything around me was muted. When I came back to my senses, my fists were bloodied and bruised. It was Colin who had a grip on my t-shirt collar, shaking me violently.

"SNAP OUT OF IT YOU FUCK!" He had repeatedly yelled at my face with blood shot eyes and tears welled up in them. He was heaving heavily and I don't know if that day I imagined it... but Colin's grip on me had some tremor. He told me afterward that I was punching the pavement in anguish.

"Alice!" Mrs. Johnson's voice snapped me out from the flashback. When her gaze landed on me, her face quickly contorted to a cold one. "Alec, I would appreciate it if you don't come near my daughter unsupervised ever again please."