Found her

Chapter 44 | Broken Hearts

S A D I E

We come back home with an award, a tipsy Elliot, a tired Lexi, a clingy Lucas, and an annoyed Camilla.

''How's the stay-at-home mom lifestyle going?'' Camilla mutters angrily. 'Its non of her business. I left the modeling lifestyle willingly, and here she is acting like a bitch. '

I nod along, dosing off, the events of the night still replaying in my mind.

The look on Luca's face when he received his award.

Lexi's jumps of joy as her brother got on stage.

The proud look on his parent's faces as they watched their only son hold a plaque.

The way my heart burst out of my chest when he called my name and made me stand beside him on stage.

The smile that grew on my face when someone in the crowd called out 'Sadie and Lucas, the IT couple!'

The shiver that ran down my spine when Lucas whispered in my ear. 'My world revolves around you my princess.'

The smile on his face when I whispered back. 'We're meant to be here. Together. Forever.'

'She's awful, right?' Camilla asked.

I noddes, still out of it. 'Absolutely.'

The Edwards's mansion looks breathtaking in the night, when all the lights are on and moonlight is seeping through the windows. The homely feeling it leaves in you despise it's size.

I let Lucas lead me to his room, his plaque still in his hand, but before he can close the door, Camilla stops us.

'The door stays open.'

Lucas groans. 'Mom!'

'Camilla, amor, que se diviertan.' Elliot interferes which earns him a glare from Camilla. She turns back to us.

'Door. Open.' She says sternly.

'Yes. Ma'am.' Lucas replies, mocking her, which she just rolls her eyes at, and walks away, Elliot on her heels, muttering in Spanish.

Luca turns back to me, turns me around, and pulls my zipper down. He nods, towards his bathroom. 'Get comfy, I'll get snacks.'

'Tangled.'

'Men in Black.'

'Tangled.'

'Tangled, it is. Put the movie on, I'll be up in five minutes.' He sighs, muttering something along the lines of 'Being wrapped around my pinkie'.

I get out of my dress and into a pair of Lucas's shirts and get comfy. But five minutes turned into ten, so I head downstairs and into the living room, where I hear raised voices coming from the kitchen.

'No, I didn't fucking tell her Matheo, how about you mind your own business?' I hear Lucas, mutter angrily.

I stand at the entryway, half hidden between a wall, not wanting to intrude. Luca's back is to me, whereas Theo is facing me. I watch Lucas angrily dump the contents of a popcorn bag into a bowl. I move to go back upstairs when something causes my ears to perk up.

Theo rolls his eyes. 'Sadie, has the right to know.'

I hear Lucas let out an angry huff. 'Not my secret to tell.'

'Not yours, but hers.'

Secret?

Lucas shoves Theo lightly on his way to grab cups for the soda. 'I'm not telling her.'

Not telling her.

Matheo grabs his arm. 'You're keeping secrets. She hates when you keep secrets.'

'What she doesn't know won't hurt her.'

'Damn it, Lucas. You acting like an asshole! She has the right to know.'

Lucas turns to look at his cousin. 'Keep your mouth shut and we'll be fine. I know how to deal with my girlfriend.'

'By keeping humongous secrets that can jeopardise your relationship.'

People say the heart can't physically break, that the human can't hear the heart without a stethoscope. But at that moment, I can hear the cracking of my heart, the carefully welded peices breaking apart, the peices that I have spent years fusing together. I can feel them shattering, like a rock hitting glass. He hit me right were its still weak.

My heart.

Which has been broken so many times now it feels impossible to put it together again.

I walk backwards until my knees hit the back of the couch. I drop into it, feeling my shallow heartbeat in my ears, drumming. I close my eyes, the tears slipping from between my eyelids.

So this is what heartbreak feels like.

Like a train crashing into you, like a bucket of ice cold water dumped over you. Instant, painful, and-

The betrayal is like non I've ever felt.

A sob leaves my mouth.

The rational part of me is telling me to not make assumptions, that it's all a misunderstanding. But how could it be, when matheo was being so clear?

Secrets.

I think my sob was loud enough that the boys came rushing in, Lucas immediately at my side. He places a hand on my forearm. But it doesn't feel familiar, it feels cold, and traitorous.

'Get your hands off of me.' I seeth, pulling my arms away, and standing up, watching Luca's face constrict in confusion.

'Princess-'

'I heard.' My voice cracking at the edges. I force it to stay still. 'Tell me, Lucas.'

I see his face change. His eyes widen, full of fear and regret, his jaw clenches and unclenches.

'Princess-'

'Don't.' I say, my traitorous body immediately reacting to his words. 'What secrets are you keeping Lucas?'

I wait, and wait and wait. His mouth parts a couple times but no sound leaves them, before,

'I can't.'

The already shattered peices turn to dust.

I nod, and keep nodding until I'm crying. No, not crying, wailing. Lucas steps closer, but I take a step back. 'No, No. I hate secrets.'

'I know-'

'If you can't keep a promise, how can you keep a relationship?'

That makes him do a double take. 'Promise.' He mutters.

'You promised that you will not keep secrets from me.'

'Sadie, please-' He begs, his voice filled with desperation.

'You said that you would never lie to me.'

'Princess... please-'

'And, you- LIED!' I scream the last word out.

'Please, hear me out-'

'Are you going to tell me-'

'I can't.' He whines. 'You'll leave me.' He whispers and I almost miss it.

The broken look on his face won't stop me, it won't, it won't, it-

I grab my bag from the floor and look at him one last time. 'People have kept secrets from me my whole life, I thought you would be different, but your not.' I pause, my tears still flowing. 'You're just like the rest.'

I see his demeanour break, his shoulders dropping, his eyes closing. But before he can open them, I'm already out of the door. The only thing said between us is two words.

'I'm leaving.'