Dysphoria /1/

Chapter 16

When Evan's eyes began to open, he realized he was in the mansion's basement. His eyes began to adjust to the dark room and recognized a person sitting in the corner, their outline only visible from the dim light coming from the single lightbulb hanging from the ceiling. His head was pouding, but when he got up to touch it, he realized that his hands were tied together and that he was strapped to a chair.

"What the hell is this?" Evan began shouting. Fear and anger quickly overcame him and the muscular began to toss in turn.

The figure in the corner of the room began to talk. "It's no use. The only thing you'll get out of struggling is a rope burn. Now that you're awake, it's time we talked."

As the figure came closer to the light, he recognized it as his newest gang member. For a slight second, his anger turned to surprise.

"Alice? What the fuck are you trying to do? Where are the guys?" A sudden realization dawned on him. "How could you betray me like this? I trusted you."

The green eyed girl then realized that Evan had no clue of the events from earlier, meaning that Evan thought Alice had tied him up to kill him. She didn't think she had the courage to tell him what he had done, but she knew it was the only way to get him out of this mess.

Taking the wooden chair she was sitting on earlier, she brought it in front of Evan and sat down.

"I didn't betray you," Alice started. "Last night after I told you I was busy, you started drinking."

Evan thought back to the night before and remembered what Alice was talking about, but he didn't see why he needed to be tied up.

"Well, painting my room took less time than I expected so I came back to your room."

That was something Vanoss had no memory of. The only thing he remembered was drinking after Alice had ditched their plans, angry that she had chosen to spend time with the other guys instead of him.

Alice sighed, seeing the confusion etched on Evan's face. "I guess you don't remember anything after that, but something happened Evan. When I went to your room, you were drunk out of your mind and kicked me out."

He wouldn't. Evan shook his head, knowing that he wouldn't kick Alice out for something so stupid, but then again, he was never himself after too many drinks.

"The guys. They went to your room after I left and they tried to talk you into letting me stay, but you had a gun Evan. Terroriser texted me a video of you aiming your gun at Nogla and when I came back here, you shot Moo in the shoulder," Alice finished, her heart breaking seeing Evan's world come crashing down.

He looked lost and absolutely horrified hearing what he had done to one of his best friends. A choked sob escaped him and he couldn't keep his head up any longer. "Is he alive?"

Alice nodded in response, already hating herself for what she was going to say. "But you won't be if you stay here any longer," Evan looked up in shock. "The guys made a decision earlier after what happened. They agreed that it was too dangerous for you to stay and that you'll have to leave. I'm so sorry Evan."

Just imagining the thought of being kicked out by the people she cared so much about left Alice's stomach in knots. It was worse than watching them leave.

"You're lying. God, you're fucking lying to me," Vanoss was in hysterics. "They wouldn't do that to me. You wouldn't do that to me."

"I wish I didn't have to, Evan," Alice said sadly. "You're stuff is already packed up in one of the trucks and theres a suitcase with around $2M. All you have to do is drive away. Drive somewhere far, find someone who makes you happy and enjoy life somewhere else."