TOUCH OF SIN

Chapter Thirty Four

Sherylin pov:

I turned in bed and stared at the blank wall. I seemed to do that a lot lately, happy one minute and the next minute staring into space with longing. I sighed and tried to convince myself to let it go for the thousand time.

It's been a week since I left for ocean peak and it had been a good week. I knew I had to get up and go down for breakfast but as much as my spirit was willing my body was tired. That was ironical considering all I have been doing considering all I had been doing was resting. Cate hadn't let me even help in the kitchen saying I was there guest and I was skinny and I needed to eat.

As if on cue the door creaked open and her head popped in.

"Hey sherylin, breakfast is getting cold" She said in a motherly tone. I smile weakly and nodded.

"I'll be right down in a minute" I added and she left me alone which I appreciated. I pulled myself from bed and headed to the bathroom. A few minutes later I headed down stairs feeling tired emotionally as always.

"Look sleeping beauty finally decided to grace us with their beauty" Brandon yelled and clapped obnoxiously as soon as I stepped Into the living room.

I flipped him off and continued my walk to the dining table. It had been fun spending time with Brandon, Jared and his wife cate and their twins Myles and Mellon. The twins were two years younger than Brandon who was fourteen and I have never seen two people who looked so much alike be so different Myles was the quiet one and organized one, Mellon was a crazy, energetic havoc of a person.

The family was tight and Brandon looked so full of life. Cate treated him as if he was his own and I couldn't have been happier. I felt quit at home with them and the happiest I had been in a while but something kept nagging me at the back of mind. I made sure to stay away from my phone since I arrived at Jared's. Nothing was going to come in between me and my peace of mind.

After breakfast I knew I had to tell cate and jared I had to leave. I had been thinking of going back to Lucy's for the past three days. It was fun burring my head in the sand for a week but I knew I had a few things I a had left unfinished at Night owl's aka three pole dances one down only two to go and I was done and ready to get another job and start over. One could ask themselves why I couldn't just ignore that Lucy bitch and her wicked debt but she was smart as she was conniving. She kept my moms belongings and was only going to give them to me after I had payed what she owed her. My mom's belongings were the only thing left of her and I wanted them.

Jared and cate wanted me to stay longer and Brandon shed a few tears and the twins almost smothered me with their conjoined hug and they parents had to peel them off of me.

" You know you can come around anytime right? " Cate kissed my cheek and I nodded. I have always been bad at goodbyes.

"I know Cate, thank you for letting me stay." I said honestly.

"Don't be silly you are part of the family. " Cate reprimanded. I sighed and hugged her tightly. She was really a good soul and I had grown to love her.

"I'll miss you" Brandon wiped away his tears. I ruffled his hair something he hated and squeezed him into a hug as my eyes watered.

"I'll miss you a tiny bit." I tried to lighten the mood but I knew I was going to miss him so much and id probably visit more often now.

The ride back to the city was silent and long. Maybe it was because I was filled with nerves of what was gonna happen once I was free of Lucy. I took my phone out and switched it on for the first time in weeks and boy was I not in so much trouble. The incoming notifications and texts tripped over each other and I had to put my phone on silent because the elderly woman who sat opposite of me was giving me a nowing grin. I returned a tight smile and returned my attention to my phone.

Most of the texts were from Mimi. A chill ran down my spine at the threats she was howling my way. I grinned as I read one after the other.

Mimi
You little bitch where the hell are you? I swear if you got your ass kidnapped I'll kill you.

As if. She was so dramatic

Mimi
I hope you are okay since you decided to go silent for no reason. Is there like no service up there in the mountains or do your folks live in a cave?

Mimi
You better be dead sheryl because if you are alive I'll kill you myself.

Most of her texts ranged from concern to death threats and that wasn't all she also sent me a million voice mails and had to sit there for an hour listening to each and everyone of them before calling her. I swear I had a bone breaking In the background when  she picked in the first ring.

I had to move as as I could from my phone as possible not to lose my eardrums as the profanities flowed with rage. When she was finally done with me I felt like an ass for worrying her that much.

"I'm sorry mimi you know we were living in a cave and I could get any service"

"Don't play with me that way again or I'm having a GPS tracker installed in your empty head" I laughed and she snickered. I knew she wasn't kidding and if it was legal to install GPS trackers in humans she couldn't have hesitated to install one in my head herself.

We talked for a while and she even told me Ryan asked her to be his girlfriend and she said yes. I squealed in excitement and forgot I was in a train full of people. I received a few disapproving looks from some stuck up passengers and a knowing smile from the weird woman sited across from me and I shrunk deeper into my sit.

But who could blame me I could never have dreamt of this day in a thousand years and here it was and it was happening Mimi of all people had a boyfriend. I couldn't wait to get to Lucy's and do a happy dance.

I felt my mood brighten after our chat as I schrolled to read other texts but there warent much and I felt a bang of dissappontment which turned Into a gasp when I looked at the missed call history. Eleven missed calls calls from weslay. I felt a sweat break out on my forehead and my heart beat skyrocketed. My heart constricted with pain at the glimmer or hope that lit up because somewhere deep down I knew he was going to crush my hope again. My hand danced on the dial button but his images with that Laura model came to my head and I retracted my hand.

Maybe he was calling to invite me to there wedding. My heart fell to the pits of my chest and an ache that I was familiar with started in my chest. I put the phone in my jacket pocket and hugged my now aching chest and sank deeper into my sit. I didn't have to look at the weird lady to know she was smiling at me. There still remained four hours on my journey and I could tell I wasn't going to get much sleep thanks to Wesley's missed calls.

Damm wesley! I cursed and closed my eyes in an attempt to fall asleep and escape my aching heart.

A futile attempt at that.

My finger hurt from too much typing. Pwew... Such a ride.

See you on the next chapter loves❤

Author:eglahbev