Runaway // Matthew Espinosa

Chapter 17

A lot of you found this chapter confusing so there is an explanation/summary of what happened which is less confusing. Sorry about that. xx

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Matt's POV:

2:37 am

I got up from my bed and changed into some jeans. I left my sweatshirt on and grabbed my phone. A clash of thunder erupted from the sky. It would soon start to rain, so I had to hurry. Zoe couldn't find out my little secret, so I had to finish this once and for all.

I really did mess up my whole life after Zoe and I parted our ways for college. My whole path in life had changed for the worse. I got involved in things I shouldn't have been involved with. This was my biggest regret and I had to make it right. If Zoe found out, she wouldn't love me the same. Maybe she wouldn't love me at all.

Everything I did was a lie, just like how I lied to her about all this. I never lost my memory, this was all a distraction. A distraction until I could sort out my scattered life. The part that hurt was that I had caused her and my family pain. I was the only one responsible for it.

I crept out the back door and jogged to my car parked on the driveway. After starting the car, I drove down to Victoria Avenue. It was 20 minutes from home, so I had to hurry.

After arriving there, I parked my car in then lot. I was alone and walked to the top of the parking garage, where we all met. Alec's eyes shot back at me. The rest of the group turned to me.

"Matt, long time no see huh?" Marc walked over to me, with a friendly look on his face.

The whole group greeted me with hey's and how are you's. I felt comfortable here. It was only because he wasn't here. Grayson. Grayson and I knew each other. I told him about Zoe, and he took advantage of it. He was the one that caused the scar on my chest, along with some of the other members of my group.

I was involved in this group which was kind of hard to explain. No, I wasn't in some killer gang. I was just drunk one night and they took me in, while Zoe was away. We were just this group of people that others feared. Most of the guys in our group got laid, others did drugs. As for me, I was the innocent one of the group. Though the only thing they influenced upon me was the tattoos and change in attitude.

Zoe wanted to know so badly. I couldn't tell her, not until all this was sorted out.

"So Matt, you want out of our organization?" Alec pursed his lips to a thin line and crossed his arms over his chest.

"Yeah, I got together with an old friend and they can't know about this. I want out before they have a chance to find out." I added confidence into my voice.

Alec was an unpredictable man, so I needed to make things clear.

"Good, good. You thought about the secrecy of our organization first." I could tell that Alec was contemplating on whether to let me go or not.

"You were loyal, I will let you go." He sighed and shook my hand. None of these guys were bad at heart, just what they were involved in wasn't so great.

Everyone has an addiction. For some drugs, others lust. Mine, well mine was simply Zoe Tyler.

I was relieved that this was all cleared up. Zoe wouldn't find out, we were away from Grayson, and now I could 'miraculously' get my memory back.

"Let's go have a proper goodbye party!" Marc shouted, leaving me no choice but have half of them pile in my car as we set out for the clubs. This wasn't right, cheating Zoe while she was miserable and I was having fun. This didn't feel right at all.