Nothing is as it seems

Chapter 33

Y/N Y/L/N

Nervously, I look up at the building where Harrison and I have lived together for several years. I don't know what's going to happen up there now, maybe he's not even there or maybe I'll even run into his girlfriend. I am just clueless, but still I just have a bad feeling in my stomach. Tom is standing next to me and of course he notices that I' m tense. "It's going to be okay," he tries to reassure me, but it doesn't work.

His phone starts ringing and he pulls it out of his pocket, as he looks at the display he frowns and looks at me. "Sorry sweetheart, this is important. I probably need to get to the office. Sawyer will take you to my house then," he kisses my forehead and gets back in the car. I turn back around and put my shaky hand on the handle.

The closer I get to the floor where we live together, my heart starts to pound and my hands start to sweat. But he's my brother, what would happen, right? Just think positive, because when the elevator doors opened it was too late anyway, backing out now would be pointless. At some point, I have to have this conversation with him.

Arrived at our apartment door, I wanted to unlock the door, but the key no longer fits into the lock. I try again, but I don't want to believe it. He can't have done that, no. I ring the bell and after a few seconds the door was opened for me by a young pretty lady. "Where is he!", angrily I walk past her and start looking for Harrison. I wonder how anyone can be so selfish and just change the locks. "Harrison Osterfield!", I yell and see him coming down the stairs, when he saw me he looks at me without any emotion. I don't recognize my own brother anymore.

"How dare you just change the locks! I still live here too!", he starts laughing mockingly and looks at me first. "I pay for this apartment, so it's my decision whether I change the locks here or not. You have nothing more to say here", shocked I look at him. The woman who opened the door for me looks just as shocked as I am. "Harrison. Honey, don't you think that went too far?", as I guessed it is Harrison's girlfriend, surely she has already moved in here. "I don't want to live with a bitch", when I hear my brother's words, I realize how I became weak and tears come to my eyes.

"Why are you doing this to me? Explain it to me! I didn't do anything wrong. I wanted to clarify everything with you yesterday, but you coward don't even dare to come over," with every sentence I get angrier and louder. A brother should always be there for his sister, just like a sister should be there for his brother. "I told you to stay away from Tom, but you jumped on his lap like any other bitch. I hope you get pregnant and he runs away so you can see who he really is!", now I couldn't hold back the tears. I walk over to him and stand right in front of him as I look him in the eye. "A great brother you are. Instead of being happy for me and just accepting it that for once I'm happy too. You only see the bad things! From now on you're just Mr. Osterfield to me!"

I didn't care that I still had my things with him in the apartment, I just wanted to get away from this place. I ran down the stairs and before the exit I took another deep breath. I quickly walked out and see Sawyer already waiting for me. "Ms. Osterfield," he holds the door open for me but I ignore him and just run. "Ms. Osterfield!" he yells after me, but I ignore him.I just start running without knowing where my destination is, because right now I just want to get away. Away from Harrison, away from this place and away from my feelings. I would never have thought that he could say something like that to me, we were like best friends. Now he seems so strange to me, as if he had changed, if Mom and Dad knew that we were so estranged, they would be disappointed in us.

When I see the bus stop, there is nothing stopping me. I quickly check to see if I still have enough money. It's not much anymore, but it's enough for a few stops. If I hurry, I can still make the bus if, so I ran and was lucky that the bus driver was so nice and had waited. "How far can I get with the money?", I ask him. It was most likely £5 that I had on me. "It will just about get you out of town," I nod at him and see that there are only standing room left, which doesn't stop me from heading out of town.

When I look back again, I notice that my phone started to ring. I pull it out of my pocket and see Tommy on the display. Shortly I think about whether I should accept or rather reject. My thumb was faster than, my brain so I pressed accept. "Y/N! Baby where are you?" he sounds concerned but also very stressed at the same time, nervously I chew on my lower lip and look around.

"Sorry Tom, but I have to go," I tell him and it's quiet on the other side.

"Baby, what happened?", I notice myself getting more and more nervous. "I had a fight with Harrison. It would be better for everyone if I left. I was really honored to have felt your love. I couldn't be happier that I got to meet you."

"Baby this is not goodbye! You can't leave me, what did he say to you that made you make this decision?" his breathing was fast and his voice is getting shaky, what did I hear exactly. It hurts to hear him like this. "He called me a bitch and said that he hoped I was pregnant so I could see that you wouldn't be by my side," I hear him start to curse. When I look to my right for a second, my heart stops.

"WATCH OUT!", I scream, but it was too late. I could no longer realize anything, it just hurt everything.