EGO & VENGEANCE

Chapter 13

Kelani

"Keke- come on you gotta have a proper meal" Uncle Sam knocks on my door.

I don't answer, burying myself deeper under my sheet.

"I know that everything's been fucking with your head lately. But we'll figure it out..." he reassures through the door.

He always says shit like this. And usually he's right. I just don't know how we can figure out this specific situation. Now that Elias knows I'm Alaiyahs sister, he probably went and told the other attackers to be careful around me, that is if I've already met them unknowingly, so it will be more difficult for me to identify them.

Mateo said to me in the car that day that he would ask Ace if he saw anybody with his wallet that night at the club, or try to gather any relevant information so we can figure out who last had his wallet.

He never got back to me that day.

But then again I was so pissed that I started to dodge him after finding out all that new context about Alaiyah and the rumours and the highschool etc etc.

Hearing that they all went to the same school and shit about the stupid rumours and lies, sent shivers down my spine.

Because I didn't know a goddamn thing- yet Mateo would have known so much more but never mentioned a damn thing after finding out that I'm Alaiyah Perez's sister.

"I only found out about the rumours later" he said- bullshit. He went to the same fucken school- surely he heard something- even if he did learn about the rumours later- he still knew about them, so he still could've told me.

But no. He stayed quiet. And suddenly wanted to stay around me- AFTER he found out who I was. As if he wasn't a dry asshole before.

How am I supposed to trust him and just smooth past that as if it's regular, when I know damn well that she actually was raped- and had to have been threatened by SOMEONE to keep quiet.

For all I know Mateo could have been the one who threatened her to keep her mouth shut, to protect his best mate, Elias. And now he's just trying to get close to me so he could find out what I knew, or to stop me from finding something out. Something that Elias or even that whole friend group could be hiding

I don't know.

All I know is that I'm not ruling anything out.

So I avoided him during the game that day. Or at least I tried.

His whole presence makes me weak in the knees, and all I can think about is what it's be like on top of him, or him on me... and I don't fucking know why.

After I left the park that day and got home. I told Uncle Sam everything. Since the beginning, He's been supporting me with my plan to find and catch me and Alaiyahs assaulters, because he wants vengeance for Alaiyah too. As well as for me. So I keep him updated.

He had the same reaction I did. Confused. Angry. Lost. Irritated. Frustrated. Because now it's deeper than we thought.

I sigh heavily under my blanket and he knocks on the door again, lightly.

"Come on Kelani..."

Quiet.

"I made subway"

I hop up and open the door slightly.

He stands there with a neutral expression, and raises his eyes as I open the door.

"... teriyaki chicken? with sweet and sour sauce?" I ask.

He lets out a soft chuckle.

"What else" he shrugs exaggeratedly.

I laugh as I open the door to step out. He smiles at me and puts his arm around my shoulder as we walk downstairs together.