You're So High Maintenance | Jaele (Completed)

34. Best Believe, You've Been Deceived

The car journey was just over forty minutes, with Ashanti dropping them all off at a bus stop that seemed to be in the middle of nowhere because it was in a pretty rural area.

There were literally no buses anywhere, and the place she had dropped them looked like it could have fit in at least 5 farms. All around them was grass, and it had looked like the scenery for tumbleweed to roll as well.

All of them had acknowledged the journey, with Sotiria being the only wise one to ask how they had actually gotten to Silvercloud Holding Centre.

"You take the 77 bus, love. The bus stop there should be Forrester's Countryside. The 77 bus will take you right in front of the prison. It's in approximately 5 minutes. You can't miss it because the name of the bus stop you get off is the same as the name of the prison. So you get off at Silvercloud Holding Centre. Then it's a 5 or so minute walk to the main entrance. Good luck."

She was even surprised that there was a bus stop in a place like this, where it had looked like it hadn't rained in centuries. Maybe even decades; this was definitely the sunnier part of Santorini for sure. No doubt about it.

As You're So High Maintenance, since they were all high maintenance in one way or the other, went to visit Jackson, who was hopefully still there, Ashanti had driven away. She had also tried to find somewhere to park where the teenagers wouldn't have seen her car.

Even though Ashanti had connected Bluetooth to her car, so that she could have spoken to someone on the phone through her car's speakers, she didn't do that this time.

What she was about to tell Darius, Kesiena or Lilibet couldn't have been said out loud or overheard by anyone.

I hate betraying them like this, she sighed, as she had called Darius. But I have to do what I have to do. This isn't safe. Best believe, y'all have been deceived.

In the sense that even though Ashanti said that she wouldn't have snitched on them, that so-called promise was very short lived.

Goodness gracious, if only they had taken no for an answer. They seemed way too desperate to go to Silvercloud Holding Centre for Ashanti's liking.

Darius didn't pick up, so Ashanti called Kesiena instead.

At the last minute she picked up, surprised to hear from her as it had been a while.

Kesiena: Ashanti, how are you doing?! Long time, girl! How is my favourite sister in law? And how are Samira, Anaiyah, Davonte and Sierra?

Those were the names of her children, oldest to youngest. There wasn't much of an age gap between them. Samira was 22, Anaiyah and Davonte were twins, who were both 21 and Sierra was 18.

Darius had six siblings, three sisters and three brothers, though one died last year after an accidental car crash. Kesiena and Darius were both closest to Ashanti.

Ashanti: I'm good, baby girl. But I need to tell you something urgent. I don't think it can wait anymore. It might come as shocking news but it is true, and it is even happening right now.

Kesiena: Don't tell me you can't go to Rosalia's wedding. You didn't go to mine and Darius'.

Yes, because she was sick. Kesiena was acting like Ashanti had asked to be sick, because she wasn't.

It sucked really, but the past was the past. Darius and Kesiena showed Ashanti pictures of their wedding as soon as Ashanti felt better, though it inevitably wasn't the same thing as Ashanti actually being there, in person.