Two months later
Chloe Thompson
"What?" I laughed at my mom.
"Don't laugh, Chloe. I'm being serious" she says and I laugh harder. She can't be serious.
I'm not sure...
Oh shut up
"We're moving to England whether you like it or not" she says and I finally stop laughing. "No, mom. You can't be serious" I stand up from my bed and take a deep breath.
"Honey, I told you, Lucien got there some business and it's really important for him" no way.
"No way, mom. Are we seriously going to move in the UK just because of some random guy?" I ask angrily.
"Don't say that, Chloe. He's not just some random guy and you know it" sure.
"He is! You two have been together for what? Like a few months" I scoff.
"A year actually but that doesn't matter. Lucien and his kids are our family now and I think all of us need a new start" maybe we do but not in England. I don't want a new start actually, I don't.
"I'm staying"
"No, you're not. No, you're not. And I'm not gonna argue about this with you, Chloe. It's getting on my nerves how you treat me! Like I can't find another man. Am I supposed to die alone? Are you mad that there's someone other than your dad? Honey, I get it, I get it. But you can't expect me to die alone while you leave for college, start your own family and everything. So stop with this, please stop"
"I'm still staying" I felt tears in my eyes but I don't let them fall.
"Chloe! Lucien is my fiancé! I love him and he loves me and he loves you too. Why can't you understand that?" She shouts.
"Fiancé? Wow, you didn't tell me" I scoff, I didn't even have the strength to yell.
"Well, you are never home. Then don't expect that you will know everything when you're never around"
"Others know about it already?" I ask.
She stays quiet and I nod. "Of course, everyone knows but me" I laugh feeling hot tears finally roll down my cheeks.
"Look, I've been nice to Lucien, to Lucy, to Lucas, even to Brandon, to Ace just because of you. Just because of you, mom. And I don't care anymore about your relationship with Lucien. I thought that the two of us were close to each other, guess I was wrong. If you wanna go, then go but I want to stay here" I let all the tears fall, not just because I'm sad but also because I'm angry, tired and exhausted of all of this.
"Chloe, you still don't get it, do you? I didn't come here to ask you if you're coming with us. I came here to tell you, that you ARE coming with us" I shake my head.
"I could stay at Luke's place" I plead.
"Definitely not. We're leaving next week, end of discussion"
"You seriously don't understand that everything I love and care about is here? There's Luke, there's Austin! And there's also Kiara! Kiara's grave. I don't want to go somewhere else, no"
"What about me? What about your mom?"
"I don't even know who you are. You've never wanted to move to UK, you've never wanted to move anywhere else. What about dad? Dad's here too!"
"That's my past. I moved on. You can start packing your things on Friday, we're leaving on Sunday" and then she left.
She left. I hate her. I don't know what to do. How am I gonna tell this to Luke? To Austin? How am I gonna visit dad and Kiara?
It's just 4 pm and I'm lying in my bed, crying. I don't know what to do.
Tomorrow is Monday and it's also my last week on this school. I have to tell Luke first and then Austin..
***
I wasn't feeling like going to school but I kind of wanted to since it's my last week. As soon as I finish school I'm going to college here, in New Heaven or somewhere else but close or just somewhere in America.
I wore jeans, crop top and flannel with some pair of shoes. I just brushed my hair and put some make up on. I went to the kitchen glad that my mom wasn't there. But Brandon was.
"Hey" he says. "Hey" I poured some coffee for myself and sat down.
"Chloe, I'm sorry for everything-"
"Are you?" I raised one brow. Look I'm going to have to stand him and tolerate him but no one can expect me to be nice to him after what he did.
"Telling my mom that I raped you? Really?" I scoff.
"I know, it was bad of me. I'm sorry" he says.
"Tell that to my mom" his eyes go wide.
"What? Just tell her the truth. Tell her that you were lying to her. That YOU were the one who wanted more and tried to have sex with me again"
"Chloe-"
"You'd do it if you are really sorry" I challenge him even tho I know he won't do it.
"Believe me, I am really sorry but-"
"That's what I thought" I stood up and headed to the hall to grab my things and go to school.
I heard Brandon yell at me but of course I didn't listen. I opened the front door and saw Austin there in his car.
I walk into his car and face him confused.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" He asks.
"I-I just.." yeah it makes sense because he always drives me to school.
"Nothing. Let's just go" he nods and starts driving.
We get out of the car and Austin puts his hand around my waist and pulls me closer.
"Is everything all right?" He asks concerned.
"Yup" I say and give him a fake smile. He stops walking and glares at me.
"Don't give me a fake smile" he says and I froze. How does he know it?
"Look, we're going to be late so we have to go but you'll tell me about what happened later. Now hurry" he really notices everything, doesn't he?
