How Everything Changed (Book 4)

Chapter 23

*Jeff*

I hid in Ethan's room as Tyrus was out in the hall talking to Morgan. I heard yelling and someone being dropped, before all the voices died down and I was safe to come out from hiding. As soon as I opened the door, my heart skipped a beat when I saw Ryah. Oh my god, she looked so different. She had changed her hair color again, and she was dressing different. You know how she was dressing more professionally as the Knockouts VP? Well, the reverse of that. (Media)

"What are you doing here?" I said as I stood in front of her, arms crossed over my chest. "Are you here to ruin Morgan's life some more? It took a lot for her to come back here, ya know."

"Jeff, I'm not back to ruin anyone's life, but what are you doing?" she asked crossing her arms as well. "I don't remember you being in cahoots with Ethan and Tyrus the last time I was here, what's going on?"

"Look, I'm trying to protect Morgan. You're not going to tell her, right?"

"Protect her?!" she shouted, but I put my hand over her mouth. She licked it to get it off of her and I wiped it on the front of my shirt. "How is this even protecting her?"

"Look, I cant tell you all of the details. Nor would I want to anyway," I said as I walked away. She started to follow me.

"Listen, she's not even going to believe me if I do tell her, so why don't you just tell me?" Ryah said.

"I can't! I'll tell her when it's out in the open, okay, but you can't know everything and then have it get back to Morgan," I said, turning to her. "If she doesn't believe you at first, when it happens, she'll get pissy at me for not telling her and then we'll be 1 step back from where we were before, and it will be my fault for telling you something first before her."

She bit her lip and looked away for a few seconds, and then looked back at me. "Okay, I didn't see anything here, but I cant be responsible for what I tell her should anything happen to you whilst you're with Ethan." She then looked away and I stared at her, hoping she would keep her end of the bargain and not tell her that I was with Ethan.