Broken Reflections

Chapter 19

Devin

Me and Antonio walk out of the restaurant while she's in the bathroom. I take out a cigarette and my lighter. I offer him one but he shakes his head. "You're gonna die early" He grins.

"I'm gonna die either way so why not just enjoy life?" I say taking a long drag off the cigarette. The smoke mixes with the air.

"She's quite nice" He says and I realise he's talking about Rose. "I don't understand why you hate her?"

I roll my eyes, I don't understand how is it only me who feels that way about her. Literally everyone else just loves her. Even my own parents.

The only person who understands my hatred is Sadie.

"You don't have to spend every day with her that's why" I say.

"What is it that you hate the most about her?" He asks.

"That how she's everywhere. Since the day she was born she is everywhere. All the events, parties. The only place she wouldn't be present at was my house and that changed horribly" I say as I smoke more.

"But why do you hate her?"

I sigh. "When she wasn't born, all the attention was on me. But then she came and the attention was on her. When I was three I start noticing that and she was included in everything. I remember, when it was my fourth birthday my mom suggested that I should let Rose cut the cake with me just because she had a fever that day. I said no but my parents forced me. So, the next day I broke the heads off of all her dolls. She knew it was me so, she poured her nail paint on my hair. The hatred has always been mutual. It just grew between us and she became more and more frustrating over the years" I finish the cigarette and drop the remnants.

"It sounds silly, like childish rivalry" he says and I nod.

"It was silly when we were children but it's not silly anymore. Her presence is enough to make me so frustratingly annoyed" I say as I step on the cigarette. "And you know what happened yesterday, I was hanging out with you and she went out alone without any knowledge of the city. And got lost. I went out to pick her up just because of dad. Otherwise I don't give a single shit where she was" I say and Antonio chuckles.

"Let's go" I hear her voice before she comes and stand by me.

I roll my eyes and walk towards my car. I nod at Antonio as a goodbye and he nods back before glancing at Rose.

I sit on the driver seat.

She sits on the passenger seat and there's a little hint of pink in her eyes.

I realise it must have been from the cigarette I smoked and I don't feel bad for feeling satisfied that I made her eyes sting.

"How long have you known this Antonio?" She asks as I'm driving to my penthouse.

"Why are you asking?" I say.

"I don't like how he knew a little too much, that we hate each other"

"I'm sure everyone knows that because it's very obvious" I scoff.

"Why did you tell him that?" She asks.

I don't know why it's making me angry. Why is she asking so many questions. I want her to shut the fuck up.

"Because it's true" I say.

"It doesn't matter if it's true. You shouldn't just tell anyone about your private life" she says and I scoff.

"So should I have told him we love each other and totally got married because we wanted to?"

"I'm not saying that but you shouldn't just trust anyone." She says and I lose my mind.

Why the fuck is she acting I've revealed the most top secret information.

"He's a friend. Why the fuck are you acting like that? Actually I don't want to know, just shut up."

To my surprise she actually shuts her mouth.

That's very unlike her because she never misses an opportunity to argue with me.

I'm not complaining though. She's a little less annoying like that.

I pull over in front of the penthouse and she gets out of the car walking towards the entrance.

We go up to my penthouse in the elevator and she walks out, walking to her room.

I go to my room too. I change into something comfortable and throw myself on the bed.
Time to sleep now.