Owned

C32: Nightmare

*ANOTHER TWO WEEKS LATER*
-ONE DAY TILL THE NEXT COURT DATE-

TREY
Another two weeks have passed and Chris ain't been different from the first two weeks he was gone. He cares so much, but he hasn't even tried to check in on Isabelle. Ain't even checked on his Moms. But because I actually do, I've been checking in on Ms. Joyce and she's been having a hard time with the distance between them.

"It's like he changes when it comes to work." She tells me

"I know, it's like he gets addicted to it and can't stop." I reply

"Isabelle stopped it for a while though. I saw him have fun, and genuinely smile. I miss Isabelle more than ever now." She says

"I miss her too."

We both watch her sit on a swing at my place. No improvements lately. She hasn't said my name anymore. Her doctors said, she'll be alert when she's ready. Turns out this isn't the first time this has happened to her. Her Father linked me with her regular doctor, and turns out this has happened to her a few times throughout her high school life.

I don't know why her Father is being like this. I know what he's done to her. I don't feel any sympathy towards him.

"Are you ready for the court date tomorrow?" Ms. Joyce asks me

"Not really. I was hoping Isabelle would've improved. I'm still upset the judge lessened the time. But we'll see how it goes, because we've had no issues with Chris not being involved with anything." I tell her

"Trey, could you answer a question for me?" She suddenly says

"Anything." I answer

"I know you've said this before to Chris. But I want to know, and I want you to be honest with me. Do you have any feelings for Isabelle?" She asks

I sigh and look at her once more before responding. I don't want to immediately respond because shit could come out the wrong way really quick.

"To be honest, I don't know. I can't really explain what I feel for her. I love her yes, I admit. I'll do anything to keep her safe of course. But I don't know if it goes deeper than that. I feel like I have to love her because Chris isn't here." I answer

"There's been times in this past month where I wished it was you and her instead of Chris. I love my son, but he doesn't know when he has a good thing." She confesses

"I agree. But I'd never go behind his back, or even take advantage of the situation. I would want the feelings to be reciprocated, but I know she does love Chris. I could see it at her party. The way she held onto him and smiled at him. There was nothing but love radiating from her to him." I say sadly, remembering that's the last time we really talked.

"She'll be forever grateful to you when she's better. I'll make sure she knows you were there for her. I'll be back tomorrow. I just wanted to check on you two. I feel like I have to fill in for Chris at times to ease my own guilt for not teaching him to make better decisions." She says

"I think you did all you could. He's ultimately going to do what he wants." I tell her and she nods.

I walk her to her car and say goodbye before grabbing my laptop and sitting next to Isabelle on the swing. I respond to some emails, but I'm interrupted by a load of texts and emails. I don't know what's going on, but it must be big.

I open up my texts and the words that stand out to me are CHRIS SEX TAPE.

Sex tape? I click on the text that's from Chris' publicist and read it.

CHRIS SEX TAPE
DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS?
It just leaked and its everywhere!

I don't even want to see it. I just want to know who is in it.