My Promised Lie

Chapter sixteen

Chapter sixteen

I walked straight up to my bedroom where I saw an envelope on the bed, I dropped my shoes on the ground as closed the door before opening it. It was from dad, It was mums handwriting but I guess dad didn’t have enough energy to write it so mum did. There was the faint outline of water on the paper; mum must have been doing something before actually giving it to me. It read…

‘Dear Alice, my beautiful Alice,

You have no idea how much you mean to me, you are one of the reasons I am so strong and why I’m staying alive. For you. And mum, Jessica is an amazing woman, she brought you up to be the person you are today. No matter what happens I want you to take care of her, love her like I do and be the reason she smiles. I need to know that you will take care of her, forever, I need you to do that for me.

I noticed a boy here the other day, he makes you smile. That is the most important thing that he can make you smile and you can be yourself with because you are perfect and you need someone who knows that and will tell you every day for the rest of your life. If he can make you happy than he is good in my books and I hope it works out. If it doesn’t work out well if he can’t tell you’re amazing then he is a stupid idiot and you don't need him in your life.

The last thing I wanted to tell you was that I wish you would go to prom, mum used to wish for this day. When her daughter was grown up, about to go to prom. She had helped pick out everything from the dress to the seating. She used to wake up in the middle of the night and put images in my head about you and how you had a beautiful white flowing dress and a masquerade mask, well I suggested the mask but she would tell me how she pictured it and we would say up all night talking about it. Alice, promise me you will make her dream come true, it was something I could never do yet something I needed to do.

My love, forever and always,

Paul (or preferably dad) xoxo’

It wasn’t water on the letter it was tear drops, mums tears. I know because they were now joined by my own. I tried my hardest not to cry with tears already streaming down my face. I had felt I had no control of the actions that happened next. I grabbed my phone and called Jake.

“Alice, I thought you would get it that I don’t want to…” he started but I continued to sob while listening, he then questioned himself.

“Alice? Are you okay?”

“No” I whispered into the phone. He hung up. My emotions went mental.

Two minutes later there I heard the doorbell, pulled myself up off the ground and wiped my face. I opened the door to see Jake standing with chocolates at the door.

“What are you..?”

“You were crying on the phone, I came right over” My tears were filled with happiness and sadness. This boy had brought me chocolate because I called him crying. He actually cared. I showed him the letter and he hugged me tight. He actually cared about me and wanted my happiness and I used him for money and a makeover. I am a terrible person.  

“Jake?” I said lifting my head after our three hour conversation on my bedroom floor.

“Yeah?”

“Will you go to prom with me?”

“I thought… Of course” He was about to say that he thought that I didn’t want to go and well I didn’t but the letter, mum needs this. I promised, dad might not know I did but I did.