"Are you still awake?" Cedrick asked.
By this time, Jaymes and I were at the pool area. We were both seated in the lounge chairs across from each other. She was smoking while I sat there watching her.
I was still having a hard time believing what she said to me earlier. She's so damn honest and that honesty brought her in the middle of this drama.
"Aren't you going to sleep?"I asked her.
"I can't sleep."
Now that answers Cedrick's question.
"Alright then."I huffed and got up. "Do you want anything to drink?"
"Anything's fine"She answered in a flat emotionless tone.
I came back with a pack of beer. I saw her playing with the ring on her middle finger.
"This was his gift to me on my 20th birthday."
"Yeah, I've heard of it. Do you want some beer?" That last question was aimed for Cedrick.
"Stop drinking and just go to bed, both of you."The jerk ordered.
Jaymes thinking that I was asking her to drink, took a can of beer and drank it. If before this silence was freaking me out, tonight it was different-the awkwardness wasn't there anymore.
#
Several days passed. The routine was still the same:I stayed at Jaymes' and made sure that she's eating or getting atleast an hour of sleep. She's lost so much weight since the scandal broke. Cedrick hasn't called her back yet for all she know Cedrick has always been with her through my, his then, phone.
As expected, Cedrick was mobbed by the paparazzi the moment he set foot in LAX. He was on the phone with me so I heard every single question thrown at him:
Have you seen Jaymes yet?
Are you still together?
How do you feel about the cheating?
etc.etc.
I heard him growl when someone called after him and said,
"She's a fuckin' bitch aint she?"
"Calm down"I reminded him.
"Bloody asshole."He said between gritted teeth.
Meanwhile, Jaymes too was over the phone. She's been talking with her agent, Rose, trying to fix her schedule for her upcoming movie which will premiere in London in a few days.
"Rose, no listen to me..."She paused as Rose probably try to convince her again.
