Trauma Bonds (Mirrored Souls Book 2) Jenna Ortega Love Story

Chapter 9

Isis POV (Next Morning) Mature (violence, suicide)

As I woke up, I felt like I had the worst headache in the world. Maybe I was still drunk last night because I had a hangover. I don't even want to talk about last night because I keep getting flashbacks. As I grabbed my phone and looked at the time, I panicked. It was almost 10 a.m., and I needed to get back home immediately. I didn't want to wake China or Jenna, so I tried to quietly get myself out of bed. I made it halfway to the door, and I heard a grumble from behind me.

"Where are you going?" China asked as she woke up, seeing me walking out.

"I have to run home really quick. Go back to sleep." I said quietly, hoping she would just fall back asleep. She did the exact opposite and woke up even more.

"Come, get back in bed. Momma is bringing Emmy home in a few hours." China said she was reaching her arm out to me, and I had no choice but to stay now. Fuck.

"Okay." I said, walking, reaching to grab her out stretched hand, and plopping back beside her.

"Is everything okay?" China asked as I laid my head on her shoulder and released a loud sigh.

"Yeah." I lied, but I can't tell China the truth; she would be pissed, and Jenna would be too. I felt my phone vibrating in my pocket, and I was hoping it would stop. Call after call, text after text, my phone was vibrating, and I knew that China could hear it.

"Are you sure?" China asked and wrapped an arm around me loosely. I felt all my worries wash away for a second while in her embrace, but it was short-lived when the phone vibrated and China was no longer in the mood to ignore it. "Why are you ignoring your phone?"

"No reason, but look, I think I should still run home." I said I was lifting my head off her because the more times that phone vibrates, the worse shit I am in. "I'll come back to see Emmy later tonight."

"What are you running from, Isis? And don't you dare say it's me and Jenna." China said she was getting frustrated because she just woke up and this shit was hard to comprehend.

"Nothing, China; I just need to run home and grab some things." I said I was trying to make her understand without telling her anything.

"Whatever Isis." China was obviously frustrated that I wouldn't tell her like she asked. "I'll tell Jenna that you left."

I could see her frustration as I got off the bed without saying anything and leaning over to kiss her cheek.

"I promise I will be back, okay?" I said that and gave her an adorable smile. She smiled back but said nothing and watched me as I left the bedroom. I casually walked out of the house, locked the door behind me, and went and sat in my car. My phone vibrated again, so I decided to just answer it.

"Hello?" I said it in a forced, brave voice.

"Why the fuck weren't you at home last night?" a cold voice said through the phone. I shivered only to try to force bravery back into my voice.

"I told you, I wasn't putting up with your lying. No good ass, no more." I said, choking slightly. "I'm not even in New York."

"Oh, so you're done with me?" His voice was cold, and he sounded insane. "You ain't never going to be done with me. Bring your ass home now."

"Fuck you, I'm only coming to get my shit if I do come back at all." I shot back in frustration.

"Okay, well, I'll be on the next flight to Los Angeles, and you better hope I don't run into your ass. I'm coming for you." He said that and hung up the phone. I froze. The fear in my heart of the man isn't as much as it used to be. He is insane, yes, but simply not a liar. He meant what the fuck he just said. I put the key in my ignition and made it to where I was staying. As I opened the front door, walking deeper into my hallway I sighed in relief that everything was the same, but that was short-lived when I turned and saw him sitting in my living room. I froze and was silent for a good 4 minutes in shock looking from him to the door. 

"I thought you were in New York." I said I was trying to slowly back my way to the front door.

"You know me better than that. I've always been 12 steps ahead of you." He said it with a blunt hanging out of his mouth. "I've been here since last night and you weren't, so where the fuck were you, Isis?"

"I was with my family here." I came up with the first lie I could think of.

"Well then, I guess we will have to give Auntie Lisa and the kids a little visit, won't we?" He said it with a wicked smirk on his face.

"Leave my family alone!" I screamed at him, and he looked at me like he was crazy. I had never done that before, but it felt good as hell. Scary, but good.

"I told you I would get rid of anybody in my way. And since you think they are more important, you did this to them." He said he was getting up and walking closer to me as I backed myself into a corner like an idiot.

"I will fucking kill you, Slim." I screamed again, and he chuckled.

"Naw, what you're going to do is bring your ass back to New York and start this family like I told you." He said it sternly, and honestly, China was more intimidating than this mother fucker.

"I would never, in this life or the next, carry your demon offspring." I said as he bent down into my face. I took that as an opportunity to try to get away and spit in his face.

"You fucking bitch." He said as she wiped his eyes because I spit directly into his eyes. I ran for the backdoor, and he caught my arm as I was trying to get away. When he did, I snapped my neck to the side, and that is when his eyes turned red. "Who were you fucking last night?"

"What?" I asked nervously because I don't know what's on my neck, but from the look on his face, it's not good.

"You got a hickey on your neck. What Los Angeles nigga you out here fucking?" He said he was getting angrier by the second. "I'll kill you and that nigga."

"Slim..." I started but was interrupted by my doorbell ringing.

"Answer the fucking door, and you better not say shit." Slim said, and I just nodded because, regardless, I was going to get the fuck out of here. As I opened the door, my heart fluttered and then instantly sank afterwards. China was standing there with Jenna, and they both looked like they had heard enough to be pissed.

"Isis, go get in the car." China said as soon as I opened the door. The fear in my eyes was ten times worse now because this has gone way too far.

"No, everything is fine. What are you doing here?" I asked China with wide eyes as she and Jenna stared down at Slim.

"You were acting weird before you left. I looked out the window and saw you going off on somebody on your phone in your car." China said, and I realized that this woman can read right through me like I'm a book. "So, I woke Jenna up, and we came over."

"Whose he?" Jenna asked, looking confused at me.

"Bitch, who are you?" He shot back instantly, walking towards the door with his hand on his hip. Mostly likely because he has a gun right there. I froze in fear as China chuckled and pushed Jenna and me behind her.

"Nigga, if you're going to pull out that gun, you better use it and kill me." China said, laughing, and Jenna and I looked at each other, terrified. "And watch how you talk to my wife too."

"Bitch, who the fuck do you think you are? I will kill you." Slim spat at China, but she didn't budge.

"Oh, I'm China Anne McClain. The bitch is about to take your gun off your hip and beat your ass with it." China said, and both Jenna and I almost started crying as he took the gun off his hips and raised it at China. She cocked her head to the side, squinting at him.

"You know, since you got that out, I advise you to turn it to yourself and off yourself." China said, smiling at the gun pointed at her. "Either that or go to jail for attempted murder of China Anne McClain, Jenna Ortega, and Ice Spice." "The police will be here in 15 seconds."

China simply turned, not caring if he decided to pull the trigger or not. She grabbed our hands and pulled us out of the house. The sounds of sirens were now filling the area as cops were pulling into the driveway. I flinched as a gunshot rang from inside the house. The idiot really shot himself.